Norfolk: Freethorpe

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Freethorpe is about 7 miles W. of Great Yarmouth.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Blofield, 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: Minister, location, services, etc.
Church of All Saints: Pictures of the church.
Freethorpe Methodist Church: Picture, address, minister, 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), Freethorpe was in Blofield Registration District.

Description and Travel

Freethorpe: Description and pictures.
Hutchinson, Sheila: Freethorpe Past and Present.
[ISBN 0954168384, Norwich, 2011]

Directories

Historical Geography

Freethorpe is in Blofield hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (55): Freethorpe, Limpenhoe and Reedham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1840.
[1840]
Great Britain: Statute: Freethorpe, Limpenhoe and Reedham Inclosure Act, 1840.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Freethorpe, Limpenhoe, and Reedham, in the county of Norfolk, 3rd April 1840.
[London, George Edward Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1840]
[Norwich, London; Foster and Unthank, solicitors; J. Dorington, Hayward and Ellicombe, Parliamentary agents, 1840]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Freethorpe became part of the Blofield Union, and the workhouse was at Lingwood.

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	29	41	207
1811	45	45	236
1821	36	53	304
1831	34	61	289
1841	76	--	383
1851	99	--	495

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	94	---	425
1871	101	101	451
1881	97	98	400
1891	97	97	416
1901	96	98	411
1911	---	97	380

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.

1851 and 1861 Censuses: "Parts of the following Parishes in the South Walsham Subdistrict, are situate in the Marshes at distances varying from two to seven miles from the respective villages: South Walsham St. Lawrence, Upton, Acle, Halvergate, Tunstall, Wickhampton, Freethorpe, and Reedham."
1861 Census: "The decrease of population in the parish of Freethorpe is attributed partly to the migration of young persons and partly to emigration."
1901 Census: "Including Freethorpe Common."

Voting Registers

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