Norfolk: Great Fransham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Great Fransham is about 5 miles W. of East Dereham.
See also Little Fransham.

Cemeteries

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: Memorial Inscriptions of the Churches and Churchyards of All Saints Great Fransham, and St Mary Little Fransham.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2001]

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brisley, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Services, etc.

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Great Fransham was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.

Description and Travel

Great Fransham Tower Mill: Description and history.

Gazetteers and Directories

Great Fransham is in Launditch hundred.

History

Rogerson, Andrew: Fransham: an archaeological and historical study of a parish on the Norfolk boulder clay.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1995]

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims: Great Fransham, Little Fransham and North Pickenham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1805.
[1806]
Great Britain: Statute: Great Fransham, Little Fransham and North Pickenham Inclosure Act, 1805.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Great Fransham, Little Fransham, and North Pickenham, in the county of Norfolk.
[1805]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Mitford and Launditch Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Great Fransham became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801 35 38 207

1811 43 49 254

1821 64 64 322

1831 66 66 323

1841 67 -- 329

1851 69 -- 319

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 66 -- 295

1871 65 69 319

1881 68 78 328

1891 72 72 315

1901 68 68 301

1911 -- 69 286

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

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