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.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
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.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Taverham Hundred
Description of Taverham Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

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

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

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.
Apprentice Indentures
Poor children could be apprenticed by the overseers, to save the parish paying for their maintenance.
1753-1767.

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."

Other population figures

Population in 1801 and 1811

Voting Registers

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