Norfolk: Gayton

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Gayton is about 6 miles E. of King's Lynn.
The name may also be spelled Geyton.
See also Gayton Thorpe.

Cemeteries

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Census

Freebridge Lynn Union Workhouse was in this parish.
1881: Freebridge Lynn Union Workhouse
1891: Gayton and Freebridge Lynn Union Workhouse: Surname List

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of St Nicholas: Description and pictures.
Church of St Nicholas: Description, services, pictures, etc.

Church Records

Marriages 1702-1837: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 10.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
Workhouse Registers: Baptisms 1837-1880

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Gayton was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.

Description and Travel

Gayton News: Parish council, news, church, etc.
Gayton Post Mill: Description and history.
Gayton Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Gazetteers and Directories

Gayton is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

History

Cutting, W. Aubrey: Gleanings about Gayton, in the olden time.
[Norwich, Agas H. Goose, 1889]
Romney, Marie: Gayton in the olden time.
Based on "Gleanings about Gayton" by W. Aubrey Cutting.
[1971]
Walker, R.V.: Gayton Lime Kiln.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "The Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.2, no.4, 1979]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Gayton Inclosure Act, 1810.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Gayton, otherwise Geyton, in the county of Norfolk.
[An independently printed edition of the act, 1810]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Gayton became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was in this parish.

Freebridge Lynn Union Workhouse: Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845.
Freebridge Lynn Union Parishes: List of parishes in the union.
Freebridge Lynn Poor Law Union and Workhouse: Description and pictures.

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   52   82 397

1811   61 103 490

1821   69 104 545

1831 137 140 711

1841 150 -- 789

1851 160 -- 862

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 170 -- 920

1871 167 171 835

1881 167 175 756

1891 172 173 760

1901 176 176 751

1911 -- 181 780

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.

1831 Census: "Many houses have been built in the Parishes of Gayton and Gaywood, to which cause the increase of Population (166 and 450 Persons respectively) is attributed."
1841 and 1851 Censuses: "The Return includes 57 persons in 1841, and 118 in 1851, in the Freebridge Lynn Union Workhouse."
1911 Census: Out of the population of 780, 89 were in the workhouse.

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