Norfolk: Glandford

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Glandford is about 3 miles N.W. of Holt.
The name may also be spelled Glanford.
It is also known as Glandford with Bayfield and as Glandford cum Bayfield.
See also Bayfield.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Holt (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Glandford.
See Thornage

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of St Martin: Description, history, incumbents, pictures, etc.
Church of St Martin: Description and pictures.
Church of St Martin: Services, etc.
Church of St Martin: Description and pictures.
Linnell, Charles Lawrence Scruton: St Martin's Church, Glandford.
With list of rectors.
[Cromer, Cheverton and Son, 1989?]

Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts: Baptisms 1687-1811, Marriages 1687-1735 and Burials 1697-1805.
[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), Glandford was in Erpingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Glandford: Description and pictures.
Glandford Shell Museum: Description and pictures.
Glandford Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Glandford is in Holt hundred.

History

Mellor, Derick: The Glaven Valley: Historical Jottings.
[Cromer, Cheverton and Son, 1989]
Mellor, Derick: The Glaven Valley: Further Historical Jottings.
(Compiled by Marjorie Missen).
[Blakeney?, 1994]

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Blakeney

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Glandford became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.

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.

For some years the figures are combined for Glandford with Bayfield, while in other years they are given separately. Below, (B) means Bayfield only, and (G) means Glandford only.

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801   2   2   17   (B)

14 14   71   (G)

1811 14 14   68

1821 18 19   93

1831 11 21 102

1841   3 --   21   (B)

17 --   81   (G)

1851   3 --   18   (B)

18 --   94   (G)

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861   4 --   30   (B)

17 --   74   (G)

1871 24 24 107

1881 23 24 106

1891 23 24 100

1901 27 27 128

1911 -- 27 133

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.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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