Norfolk: Letheringsett

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Letheringsett is about 1 mile W. of Holt.

Cemeteries

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

Census

1801/1811/1821: Numbers of households, males, females, etc.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Holt, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description, history, services, pictures, etc.
Church of St Andrew: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Andrew: Services, etc.
Linnell, Charles Lawrence Scruton: Letheringsett with Bayfield: Church and Parish.
With lists of rectors.
[Stowmarket, Ashlock Magazine Centre, 1986]
Morris, Colin: Letheringsett: The early history of a parish church.
[Institute of Historical Research, in "Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research", vol. xliv, no.109, 1971]

Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts: Glandford (Bapt 1687-1811, Mar 1687-1735, Bur 1697-1805),
Sidestrand (Bapt 1725-1809, Mar 1725-1809, Bur 1725-1809),
and Letheringsett (Bapt 1714-1812, Mar 1714-1810, Bur 1714-1812).
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Vol NFK040 (fiche), 1990s]
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 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Letheringsett was in Erpingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Letheringsett: Description and pictures.
Letheringsett Post Mill: Description, history and picture.
Letheringsett Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Letheringsett Water Mill: Description and pictures.
Letheringsett Brewery Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Gazetteers and Directories

Letheringsett is in Holt hundred.

History

Cozens-Hardy, Basil: The history of Letheringsett in the county of Norfolk: with extracts from the diary of Mary Hardy, 1773-1809.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1957]
Durst, David W.: Letheringsett: Industrial Archaeology in a Rural Setting.
Part 1 - Introduction - vol.5, no.3, 1993.
Part 2 - The Watermill- vol.5, no.4, 1994.
Part 3 - Hall Farm Sawmill - vol.5, no.5, 1995.
Part 4 - The Brewery - vol.7, no.4, 2004.
Part 5 - Water Systems - vol.8, no.1, 2006.
Part 6 - Notes on Johnson Jex - vol.8, no.2, 2007.
Part 1 - Introduction updated - vol.8, no.2, 2007.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society"]
Mellor, Derick: The Glaven Valley: Historical Jottings.
[Cromer, Cheverton and Son, 1989]
Mellor, Derick: The Glaven Valley: Further Historical Jottings.
(Compiled by Marjorie Missen).
[Blakeney?, 1994]

Land and Property

Cozens-Hardy, Beryl: Gardens of Letheringsett Hall and Estate: historical notes and tour guide.
[Letheringsett, 1985]
Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims: Holt (113 claims) and Letheringsett (11 claims).
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1807.
[1808]
Great Britain: Statute: Holt and Letheringsett Inclosure Act, 1807.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Holt and Letheringsett, in the county of Norfolk.
[An independently printed edition of the act, 1807]
Great Britain: Statute: Holt and Letheringsett Inclosure Act, 1809.
An act to amend an act passed in the forty-seventh year of His present Majesty for enclosing lands in the parishes of Holt and Letheringsett, in the county of Norfolk.
[An independently printed edition of the act, 1809]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Letheringsett 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 46 47 236

1811 47 51 280

1821 51 52 251

1831 57 60 278

1841 62 -- 273

1851 64 -- 314

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 67 -- 323

1871 67 69 259

1881 68 68 280

1891 67 68 284

1901 61 61 234

1911 -- 66 254

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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