Norfolk: Horstead with Stanninghall

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Horstead with Stanninghall is about 7 miles N.N.E. of Norwich.
It is also known as Horstead cum Stanninghall.
The name may also be spelled Staninghall.
See also Horsford and Horsham St Faith.

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Taverham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
The parish church of Stanninghall was dedicated to St Peter, but it was in ruins in the 16th century.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Minister, services, address, etc.
Church of St Peter: Description and pictures of the ruins.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms and Burials.
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1558-1754,1759-1837, Banns 1754-1902, Marriages 1558-1741,1752-1837 and Burials 1558-1911.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Archdeacons' Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Marriages 1801-1814: Norfolk FHS Marriage Index. This is a link to an archived copy.
Marriages 1558-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 3.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1726, 1739-1741, 1757-1758, 1775-1776, 1803-1805, and 1819-1820.
Churchwardens' Payments, or Disbursements: Payments for church repairs, communion bread and wine, etc.
1724-1737, 1737-1761, 1765-1777, and 1779-1803.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Horstead with Stanninghall was in St Faith's Registration District.

Description and Travel

Horstead with Stanninghall Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, pictures, etc.
Horstead Post Mill: Description and history.
Horstead Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Horstead with Stanninghall is in Taverham hundred.

History

Corbett, William John: Elizabethan Village Surveys.
Based on two surveys, 1564 and 1586, of Horstead and Stanninghall, Norfolk.
[Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, New Series, Vol.XI, 1897]
Millican, Percy: A history of Horstead and Stanninghall, Norfolk.
[Norwich, H.W. Hunt, 1937]

Land and Property

Land Tax: Principal property owners and occupiers, and the amounts paid.
1800-1801, and 1805-1806.

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Occupations

Apprentices 1753-1767: Names of apprentices, masters, places and trades.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Horstead with Stanninghall became part of the St Faith's Union, and the workhouse was at Horsham St Faith.

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   60   65 370

1811   43   74 367

1821   57   91 492

1831 106 115 593

1841 114 -- 625

1851 117 -- 595

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 121 -- 608

1871 122 127 550

1881 122 125 565

1891 130 138 583

1901 140 142 613

1911 -- 135 547

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.

1841 and 1851 Censuses: "Stanninghall was formerly a Parish, but is now united to Horstead, to which it pays church-rates, although stated to belong ecclesiastically to Frettenham Parish."
1851 Census: "About 40 persons from Horstead have lately emigrated to the colonies."
1861 Census: "ST. FAITHS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the District of St. Faiths is attributed to the migration of labourers and their families to the manufacturing districts."

Population in 1801 and 1811

Voting Registers

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