Norfolk: Fulmodeston with Croxton

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Fulmodeston with Croxton is about 4 miles E. of Fakenham.
The name may also be spelled Fulmodestone or Fulmodston.
It is also known as Fulmodeston cum Croxton.
See also Croxton near Thetford.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Burnham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to Christ and is called Christ Church.
The parish church at Fulmodeston was dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and the chapel of ease at Croxton was dedicated to St John the Baptist, but they were abandoned in the 1880s.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Christ Church: Description and pictures.
Christ Church: Services, etc.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description and pictures of the ruins.
Chapel of St John the Baptist: Description and pictures of the ruins.
Tuck, Donald J.: The Parish of Fulmodestone and its Churches.
Christ Church, Fulmodestone; St Mary the Virgin, Fulmodestone; and St John the Baptist, Croxton.
[Fulmodeston, The Churches, 1970s]
Fulmodeston with Croxton Methodist Church: Minister, services, address, picture, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880 at the Church of St Mary the Virgin
Archdeacons' Transcripts: Baptisms 1727-1812, Marriages 1728-1812 and Burials 1727-1812.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
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), Fulmodeston with Croxton was in Walsingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Croxton Post Mill: Description and history.
Croxton Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Fulmodeston with Croxton is in Gallow hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (89): Fulmodeston with Croxton, Stibbard, Little Ryburgh, and Great Ryburgh.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1808.
[1808]
Great Britain: Statute: Fulmodestone and other parishes Land-allotment Act, 1808.
An act for allotting lands in the parishes of Fulmodeston with Croxton, Stibbard, Little Ryburgh, and Great Ryburgh, in the county of Norfolk.
[1808]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Fulmodeston with Croxton became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.

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 -- -- 276

1811 60 60 281

1821 70 74 331

1831 81 85 391

1841 77 -- 358

1851 85 -- 388

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 87   -- 400

1871 91   93 390

1881 79 100 361

1891 81   81 337

1901 75   75 339

1911 --   71 300

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.

1841 Census: "About 100 paupers were passed from Fulmodestone to America about five years since."

Voting Registers

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