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Hemsby is about 7 miles north north west of Great Yarmouth.

Cemeteries

St Mary The Virgin Churchyard
Transcriptions of gravestones.
Congregational Church Cemetery
Transcriptions of gravestones.

Census

Church Directories

Church History

Vincent, R.
Guide to the Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Hemsby.
[Hemsby, The Church, 1986]
Hemsby Methodist Church
Address, minister, picture, etc.

Church Records

Hemsby Marriages 1556-1837.
See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 7.

Description and Travel

Pictures of old Hemsby
From the Frith Collection.
Hemsby
Adverts, etc.
Simpson, Jack D.
Hemsby, pictures from the past.
[Norwich, Simpson Publications, 2002]
Simpson, Jack D.
Hemsby and District, from old picture postcards and photographs.
[Simpson Publications, 1997]

Gazetteers and Directories

Hemsby is in West Flegg hundred.

History

Beech, George
A history of Hemsby.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1980s]
Rusticus
The story of Hemsby-on-sea, its history and evolution.
[Flegg, 1978]

Maps

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

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 separate occupiers.

Year   Inhabited
Houses
Families Population
1801  62  74367
1811  67  96436
1821  79121498
1831  78111560
1841129  --591
1851157  --739
Year   Inhabited
Houses
Families Population
1861150  --664
1871173173725
1881162165648
1891174174692
1901169169715
1911  --181713

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.

1821 Census
"An inclosure of land has taken place at Hemsby."
1861 Census
"The decrease of population in Hemsby parish is attributed to the migration of beachmen and fishermen to Scratby parish."

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March 2004