Norfolk: Ingham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Ingham is about 12 miles E. of Aylsham.
See also Hingham and Ingworth.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Happing (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Ingham.
See Brumstead

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Waxham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of the Holy Trinity: Services, newsletter, description, history, pictures, etc.
Church of the Holy Trinity: Description and pictures.
Church of the Holy Trinity: Services, etc.
The Church: Holy Trinity Church, Ingham, Norfolk.
[Ingham, The Church, 1980s]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms and Marriages.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Ingham was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.

This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Ingham was in Smallburgh Registration District for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.

Description and Travel

Ingham Mill Farm Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Ingham is in Happing hundred.

History

A Chronology of Medieval Ingham: Description, history and pictures.

Land and Property

Bolingbroke, Leonard George: Notes on Ingham Old Hall.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.16, 1907]
Great Britain: Statute: Ingham Inclosure Act, 1819.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Ingham, in the county of Norfolk.
[1819]
Land Allotment and Drainage: See Hempstead near Stalham.

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Ingham became part of the Tunstead and Happing (or Smallburgh) Union, and the workhouse was at Smallburgh.

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   52 68 329

1811   63 83 374

1821   65 93 418

1831   73 93 419

1841   99 -- 509

1851 105 -- 488

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 110 -- 464

1871 104 106 440

1881 108 108 452

1891 100 100 415

1901 100 100 446

1911 -- 102 388

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 Census: "The Return for Ingham includes 20 strangers attending the annual fair."
1861 Census: "TUNSTEAD. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the Tunstead District, which forms the "Tunstead and Happing Incorporation" for the support of the poor, is attributed to emigration and the migration of young persons to other parts."
1901 Census: "Including Calthorpe Street, and Ingham Corner."

Voting Registers

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