Norfolk: Holkham
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Cemeteries
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Census
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Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Walsingham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both
before and after this date.
- The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- Collyer, Robert
- A few words more; or, A farewell sermon: preached in the parish
church of Holkham, Norfolk, on Sunday, August the 2nd, 1840.
[Norwich, The author, 1840]
Church Records
- Marriages 1542-1812
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 2.
- Parish Registers
- List of Surnames of People who come from other Parishes
(these people are often known as "Strays")
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Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Holkham was in
Walsingham Registration District.
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Description and Travel
- Lingwood, Lemmon
- The illustrated guide to Wells-next-the-Sea, including
Holkham, Walsingham, Fakenham, and Districts: containing
full description of Lord Nelson's birthplace.
[London, Jarrold, (18-?)]
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Directories
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Historical Geography
Holkham is in North Greenhoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for North Greenhoe Hundred
- Description of North Greenhoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
Land and Property
- Holkham Hall
- House, gardens, family, pictures, etc.
- (No author)
- Holkham Hall, Norfolk: seat of the Earls of Leicester.
(Guide Book).
[ISBN 0851012795, Derby, English Life, 1990]
- Bacon, Richard Noverre
- A report of the transactions at the Holkham sheep-shearing,
July 2-5, 1832.
Including the presentation of a service of plate to Mr. Blaikie,
by the Holkham tenantry at Fakenham on Thursday May 3rd 1832, and
a list of tenants regretting his retirement.
[Norwich, Burks and Kinnebrook, 1832]
- Dawson, John, 1734-1820
- The stranger's guide to Holkham: containing a description
of the paintings, statues etc. of Holkham House.
[Burnham: J. Dawson, 1817]
- Hassall, William and Beauroy, Jacques (editors)
- Lordship and landscape in Norfolk, 1250-1350: the early
records of Holkham.
[ISBN 0197260934, Oxford University Press for the British Academy,
Records of Social and Economic History, New series v.20, 1993]
- Laver, James
- Holkham Hall.
[Holkham: Earl of Leicester, 1960]
- Rigby, Edward, 1747-1821
- Holkham, its agriculture, etc.
[3rd ed., London: Hunter, 1818]
- Wade Martins, Susanna
- The Holkham estate in the nineteenth century: with special
reference to farm building and agricultural improvement.
[Norwich: University of East Anglia Thesis, 1975]
- Wade Martins, Susanna
- A great estate at work: the Holkham estate and its
inhabitants in the nineteenth century (with index).
[ISBN 0521226961, Cambridge University Press, 1980]
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Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
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Names, Personal
- Coke (Earls of Leicester)
- See Norfolk People and
Families.
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
Voting Registers
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