Norfolk: Heacham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Heacham is about 12 miles N.N.E. of King's Lynn.

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Heacham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description, history, pictures, services, newsletter, etc..
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Services, description, picture, etc.
Heacham Methodist Church: Minister, services, address, picture, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages 1558-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 2.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Heacham: Description, pictures, events, organisations, businesses, parish council, etc.
Lingwood, Lemmon: Jarrold's Guide to Hunstanton.
The illustrated handbook to Hunstanton and neighbourhood, including Sandringham, Castle Rising, King's Lynn, Heacham, West Newton, and Snettisham.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1900s]
Sternberg, Joan: Don't tread on the butterflies: memoirs of a childhood in Heacham and Stiffkey, 1912-1932.
[ISBN 0948400943, Dereham, Larks Press, 2000]
Festing, Sally: The Story of Lavender.
[ISBN 0907335055, London Borough of Sutton Libraries and Arts Services, 1984]
Head, Henry: Norfolk lavender: a family business.
[ISBN 071171102X, Jarrold, 1999]
Norfolk Lavender Limited: The story of Norfolk Lavender.
[Heacham, 1980s]
Heacham Post Mill: Description, history and map.
Heacham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

1836: Emigrants from Heacham and Kettlestone to Quebec: Names, ages, etc.

Historical Geography

Heacham is in Smithdon hundred.

History

Gunther, A.E.: A Guide to Heacham, its history and architecture, etc.
[Heacham, 1963]
Gunther, A.E.: The Age of Heacham's Older Buildings, 1726-1890.
[1993]
Lewton-Brain, C.H.: The archaeology of Heacham and the adjoining areas.
[King's Lynn, East Midlands Printing, 1967]
Lowerison, Harry: From paleolith to motor car. Or Heacham tales.
[A.J., 1906]
Neville-Rolfe, C.W.: Heacham in the fifties [1850s].
[London, Clement Ingleby, in "A Supplement to Blomefield's Norfolk, 1929]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Heacham Inclosure Act, 1780.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing, the lands and grounds within the parish of Heacham.
[Independently printed edition, 1780]

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Names, Personal

Bradfield: See Norfolk People and Families
Rolfe: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Heacham became part of the Docking Union, and the workhouse was at Docking.

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   75 120 524

1811   79 135 586

1821 136 169 710

1831 151 166 733

1841 184 -- 811

1851 212 -- 946

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 226 --   990

1871 230 253   992

1881 238 243   998

1891 245 249   989

1901 336 337 1325

1911 -- 428 1764

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.

1901 Census: "By Local Government Board Order, No. 43,635, which came into operation on 1st April, 1902, the Civil Parish and Urban District of New Hunstanton was extended to include parts of the Civil Parishes of Heacham and Hunstanton. Neither part contained houses or population."
1911 Census: Out of the population of 1764, 65 were in 2 large establishments or institutions.

Population in 1831

Voting Registers

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