Norfolk: Langham

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Langham is about 6 miles N.W. of Holt.
It is also known as Langham Episcopi or Bishop's Langham.
See also Langford and Langley.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Holt (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Langham.
See Thornage

Census

1822: Heads of Households.
1891
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 Andrew and St Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Linnell, Charles L.S.: The Church of St Andrew and St Mary, Langham Episcopi.
[Langham Episcopi, The Church, 1961]

Church Records

Langham Marriages 1695-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 3.
Parish Registers: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Langham was in Walsingham Registration District.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration

Description and Travel

No author: Blakeney Langham Morston Cley Wiveton: Festival year 1951.
(Festival of Britain 1951)
[ISBN 0951832816, 1951?]

Directories

1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Historical Geography

Langham 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

History

Parker, Janet: Langham: When yesterday was today.
[This may not be Langham in Norfolk. Please tell me if you know anything about this book].
[ISBN 0951878506, 1991]
Van Damme, Ellen and Honer, Douglas E.: Aspects of Langham: a Norfolk village.
[Fakenham, 1987]

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (24): Langham Magna and Langham Parva.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1815.
[1815]
Great Britain: Statute: Langham Inclosure Act, 1815.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Langham, in the county of Norfolk.
[1815]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military History

Bartram, Len: R.A.F. Langham, Norfolk with R.A.F. Weybourne: a brief history, 1940-1958.
[Melton Constable, 1999]

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

Population

Population in 1821, 1831 and 1841

Schools

Honer, Douglas E: A Village Schoolmaster: An account of the careers of Arthur Smith and his wife Amy Ridout, and of the village school at Langham, Norfolk, where they taught.
[1986]

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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