Norfolk: Hunworth

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

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

Directories

Historical Geography

Hunworth is in Holt Hundred.

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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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."

Voting Registers

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