Norfolk: Hunworth

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Hunworth is about 2 miles S. of Holt.
See also Hanworth.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Holt (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Hunworth.
See Thornage

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Holt, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Lawrence.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Lawrence: Description and pictures.
Church of St Lawrence: Services, etc.
Church of St Lawrence: Description and pictures.
Linnell, Charles Lawrence Scruton: Hunworth and Stody Churches.
[London, Home Words, 1961]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms and Burials.
Archdeacons' Transcripts: Baptisms 1729-1812, Marriages 1736-1811 and Burials 1729-1811.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Hunworth was in Erpingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Hunworth: Description and pictures.
Hunworth: Description and pictures.
Hunworth and Stody: Parish council, etc.
Bartram, Len: Hunworth and Stody, the Millennium, a souvenir booklet.
[Melton Constable, 1999]
Hunworth Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Gazetteers and Directories

Hunworth is in Holt hundred.

Land and Property

Land Tax: Principal property owners and occupiers, and the amounts paid.
1785-1786.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Hunworth became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.
Overseers' Rates
Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1770, 1780-1781, and 1792.
Overseers' Payments, or Disbursements
Payments for outrelief, medical expenses, clothes, etc.
1776-1781, and 1787-1788.

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 35 41 183

1811 37 38 172

1821 48 52 220

1831 57 57 285

1841 49 -- 234

1851 47 -- 207

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 48 -- 206

1871 44 44 206

1881 44 47 214

1891 44 45 222

1901 45 45 200

1911 -- 46 198

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.

1901 Census: "Including Hunworth Green."

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