Norfolk: Holkham

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Cemeteries

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Census

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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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")

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.

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-?)]

Directories

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]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Names, Personal

Coke (Earls of Leicester): See Norfolk People and Families.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Holkham became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.

Voting Registers

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