Norfolk: Kelling

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Kelling is about 3 miles N. of Holt.
It is also known as Low Kelling and as Lower Kelling.
It included the hamlet of High Kelling which, with parts of Bodham and Holt, became a civil parish in 1987.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Holt (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Kelling.
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 Mary.
There is also a church dedicated to All Saints at High Kelling.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Services, etc.
Church of All Saints: Description, services, pictures, etc.
Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.

Church Records

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), Kelling was in Erpingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

High Kelling Society, History Group: The Birth of a Village: A history of High Kelling.
[Holt, High Kelling Society, 2000]
Kelling Post Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
1933: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
Holt Almanac and Directory, including Kelling and High Kelling, with street map.
[1966]

Historical Geography

Kelling 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

Great Britain: Statute: Salthouse and Kelling Inclosure Act, 1780.
An act for extinguishing all rights of sheepwalk, common and shackage, in and over the common fields, and half year lands, lying within the parishes of Salthouse and Kelling, in the county of Norfolk, and for dividing and allotting certain warrens, heaths, commons, waste grounds and commonable lands, within the said parishes; and for other purposes therin mentioned.
[1780]
Great Britain: Statute: Annual inclosure act, 1850.
An act to authorize the inclosure of certain lands (including Runhall, Salthouse, Kelling and Litcham) in pursuance of a special report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales: 14 August 1850.
[London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1850]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Medical History

Simeons, Charles: Kelling Hospital Centenary Book.
[ISBN 1904006205, Dereham, Larks Press for Friends of Kelling, 2004]
Slator, James: Kelling Hospital: The first sanatorium for working men.
[ISBN 0948400900, Dereham, Larks Press, 2000]

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Kelling 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.

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	24	30	132
1811	26	26	132
1821	29	29	163
1831	42	46	213
1841	43	--	223
1851	43	--	210

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	50	--	211
1871	46	48	193
1881	47	49	211
1891	49	50	228
1901	53	53	209
1911	--	73	398

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.

1911 Census: Out of the population of 398, 128 were in 3 large establishments or institutions.

Schools

Coleman, Jill: Kelling School, 1877-1977: A look back.
[Printed by W.H. Hutchins, 1977]

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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