Norfolk: Kempston

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Kempston is about 7 miles N.E. of Swaffham.
The name is spelled either as Kempston or Kempstone.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brisley, 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 Paul.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Paul: Description and pictures of the ruins.

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), Kempston was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.

Description and Travel

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Directories

Historical Geography

Kempston is in Launditch Hundred.

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

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims (113): Longham, Kempston, Mileham, Beeston next Mileham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1812.
[1812]
Great Britain: Statute: Longham and other parishes land-allotment act, 1812.
An act for allotting lands in the parishes of Longham, Kempston, Mileham, and Beeston next Mileham, in the county of Norfolk, 5th May 1812.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1812]
[London, G. White, 1812]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Kempston became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

Population

Population in 1821

Voting Registers

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