Norfolk: Hargham
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Hargham is about 9 miles N.W. of Diss.
Cemeteries
- Church of All Saints
- Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
Not all gravestones may be included, even when a site is marked
as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to
be photographed.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Rockland, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both
before and after this date.
- The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Cotton, Simon; and Tricker, Roy
- All Saints' Church, Hargham.
[Holt, Norfolk Churches Trust, 1980s]
Church Records
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's
Marriage Registers.
- Names of Churchwardens
- 1615-1767
- Churchwardens' and Overseer's Payments, or Disbursements
- 1836-1848.
- Collections for special appeals, disasters, relief of suffering, etc.
- 1659-1663
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Hargham was in
Wayland Registration District.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
Hargham is in Shropham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Shropham Hundred
- Description of Shropham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
Land and Property
- Davison, Alan J.; and Cushion, Brian
- The Archaeology of the Hargham Estate.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society,
in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.43, part.II, 1999]
- Davison, Alan J.
- Some aspects of the agrarian history of Hargham and Snetterton
as revealed in The Buxton MSS.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society,
in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.35, 1973]
- Land Tax
- Principal property owners and occupiers, and the amounts paid.
1767-1768,
1781-1797,
1800-1812, and
1812-1833.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
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 | 8 | 12 | 67 |
1811 | 8 | 14 | 64 |
1821 | 15 | 15 | 72 |
1831 | 15 | 16 | 77 |
1841 | 16 | -- | 93 |
1851 | 17 | -- | 84 |
|
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1861 | 17 | -- | 88 |
1871 | 15 | 16 | 84 |
1881 | 15 | 16 | 70 |
1891 | 13 | 13 | 61 |
1901 | 15 | 15 | 77 |
1911 | -- | 16 | 64 |
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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.
- 1861 Census
- "WAYLAND. The general decrease of population in the Attleborough
Subdistrict is mainly attributed to emigration."
Voting Registers
See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers
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December 2015