Norfolk: Little Fransham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

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

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Services, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
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), Little Fransham was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Gazetteers and Directories

Little 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

Inclosure: See Great Fransham.

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 Little 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 42 46 214

1811 37 47 199

1821 37 50 228

1831 41 51 234

1841 53 -- 263

1851 55 -- 267

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 53 -- 256

1871 47 50 221

1881 49 50 231

1891 45 45 181

1901 45 45 167

1911 -- 44 175

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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