Norfolk: Kettlestone

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Kettlestone is about 3 miles E. of Fakenham.
The name may also be spelled Kettleston.

Cemeteries

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Census

1841: Surname List. This is a link to an archived copy.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Burnham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

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

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Archdeacon's Transcripts: Dunton cum Doughton (Bapt 1725-1812, Mar 1784-1809, Bur 1727-1811),
Houghton St Giles (Bapt 1729-1812, Mar 1729-1811, Bur 1729-1812),
and Kettlestone (Bapt 1725-1811, Mar 1725-1812, Bur 1726-1812).
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Vol NFK024 (fiche), 1990s]
Archdeacon's Transcripts: Marriages. This is a link to an archived copy.
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), Kettlestone was in Walsingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Kettlestone and Pensthorpe Parish Council: Meetings, etc.
Kettlestone Millennium Task Force: Kettlestone Millennium book, 2000.
[Kettlestone Millennium Task Force, 2003]
Kettlestone Post Mill: Description and history.

Emigration and Immigration

1836: Emigrants from Heacham and Kettlestone to Quebec: Names, ages, etc.

Gazetteers and Directories

Kettlestone is in Gallow hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims (35): Thursford and Kettlestone.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1827.
[1827]
Great Britain: Statute: Thursford and Kettlestone inclosure act, 1827.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing lands within the parishes of Thursford and Kettlestone in the county of Norfolk: 12th April 1827.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1827]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Kettlestone became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.

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 -- -- 166

1811 29 42 210

1821 30 44 230

1831 46 54 221

1841 46 -- 219

1851 44 -- 209

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 46 -- 223

1871 42 43 176

1881 42 44 185

1891 41 41 187

1901 45 46 211

1911 -- 46 220

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.

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