Norfolk: Litcham

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Litcham is about 7 miles N.E. of Swaffham.

Cemeteries

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: Memorial Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of All Saints, Litcham.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2001?]

Census

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of All Saints: Services, description, pictures, etc.
Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Services, etc.
Church of All Saints: Description, pictures, etc.
Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
Litcham Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.

Church Records

Marriages 1555-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volumes 2 and 10.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Litcham: News, events, description, history, parish council, churches, buildings, pictures, etc.
Litcham Post Mill: Description, history and maps.

Directories

Historical Geography

Litcham is in Launditch hundred.

History

Puddy, Eric: Litcham: the short history of a Mid-Norfolk village.
[Dereham, G. Arthur Coleby, 1957]
[Facsimile reprint excluding index and references, Litcham Historical Society, 2001]
Litcham Historical and Amenity Society: The Book of Litcham with Lexham and Mileham.
[ISBN 1841141909, Halsgrove Community History Series, 2002]

Land and Property

Listed Buildings: Description, history and pictures.
Rutledge, Paul: The Dispute of Litcham Lyngs.
[Norwich, Marwood Publishing, in "East Anglian Studies", 1995]
Inclosure: See Kelling.

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

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	88	90	426
1811	59	93	459
1821	123	131	586
1831	158	166	771
1841	166	--	846
1851	184	--	855

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	199	--	903
1871	190	220	854
1881	188	195	801
1891	193	202	806
1901	167	170	626
1911	--	173	663

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.

1831 Census: "The Parish of Litcham has increased (185 Persons) in Population, attributed to the uninclosed Commons or Waste Lands, which cause many Persons to resort thither; it is also the principal trading Town for the surrounding agricultural Villages."

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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