Norfolk: Loddon

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Loddon is about 10 miles S.E. of Norwich.
It is also found as Loddon with Chedgrave.
See also Chedgrave.

Cemeteries

Church of the Holy Trinity: Transcriptions of gravestones in the churchyard.

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of the Holy Trinity: Description, history and pictures of the church.
Church of the Holy Trinity: Description and pictures of the church.
"By a Parishioner": A Short Guide to Holy Trinity Church Loddon.
[Loddon, The Church, 1990s]
Moulder, M.: The Church in Loddon: its buildings and its people's worship.
(Holy Trinity Church and St John's Chapel).
[Loddon, The Church, 1970s]
Upton, Ralph: Men and Monsters: Holy Trinity Church, Loddon.
[Loddon, The Church, 1998]
Loddon Methodist Church: Services, minister, location, picture, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Parish Register Transcripts: Banns, Marriages and Burials
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
List of Vicars: 16th-19th centuries.
Communions 1783-1786: Numbers of people, and some private communions.
Confirmations in 1783, 1855, and 1858.: Names of the people confirmed.
Dissenters, Church Alterations, and New Houses: Numbers of dissenters in 1784, minor work at the church, and two new houses in 1716 and 1717.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Loddon Village Pages: History, description, pictures, parish council, businesses, etc.
Loddon Parish Council: Meetings, minutes, councillors, pictures, etc.
Pictures of old Loddon: From the Frith Collection.
Gunton, Michael: Gunton's Loddon.
[Loddon, Roberts and Son]
Loddon Mill Road Post Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Loddon Mill Road Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Loddon Smock Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Loddon Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Crease, Christina M.(editor): Loddon and Chedgrave, Official Guide, 1999-2000.
[Chedgrave, 1999]

Gazetteers and Directories

Loddon is in Loddon hundred.

History

No author

Loddon in the nineteenth century.
[1980s]

Ashbee, Richmal

Loddon Street: a Norfolk village as it used to be.
[ISBN 0951699202, Loddon and Chedgrave District Society, 1990]

Crease, Christina M. and Carpenter, Susan Carol

"Before Your Time": A series of booklets covering various topics related to Loddon and Chedgrave. Extracts and pictures from Before Your Time are online.

"Before your time": Accidents and Disasters.
[Chedgrave, Langley, Giles Printing, 1997]
"Before your time": Chedgrave Street.
[Chedgrave, Langley, Giles Printing, 1997]
"Before your time": Down by the Riverside.
[Chedgrave, Langley, Giles Printing, 1997]
"Before your time": Medical Matters.
[Chedgrave, Hardley, 1997]
"Before your time": Aspects of War.
[Chedgrave, Langley, Giles Printing, 1998]
"Before your time": More Aspects of War.
[Chedgrave, 1998]
"Before your time": When the old Town Hall was new.
[Chedgrave, 1998]
"Before your time": Schooldays and Beyond.
[Chedgrave, 1999]
"Before your time": Whose Name is it Anyway ?
[Chedgrave, 2001]
"Before your time": Fruit from the blossoms, the history of Methodism in Loddon, by David East.
[Chedgrave, 2003]
"Before your time": A Guided Historical Walk.
[Chedgrave, 2006]

Kelly, Geoffrey Ian

Bugdon House, 5 Bridge Street, Loddon: a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1986]

Kelly, Geoffrey Ian

The King's Head, 16 Bridge Street, Loddon: a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 2006]

Kelly, Geoffrey Ian

The Swan Hotel, Loddon: a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 2006]

Maps

Ashbee, Paul; and Ashbee, Richmal: Loddon Trail: an illustrated guide to places of interest.
[Loddon, Church Council, 1990s]
George, Wilfrid: Footpath map of Loddon, Haddiscoe and district.
[1989]
Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Loddon and Clavering Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Loddon became part of the Loddon and Clavering Union, and the workhouse was at Heckingham.

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 162 169   799

1811 126 189   937

1821 141 214 1038

1831 226 226 1175

1841 246   -- 1197

1851 266   -- 1211

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 266   -- 1153

1871 272 275 1134

1881 268 285 1145

1891 258 273 1169

1901 243 249 1034

1911   -- 267 1023

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 Return of the Parish of Loddon includes 11 Patients in a Private Lunatic Asylum."
1901 Census: "Including Stubbs's Green."

Societies

Loddon Local History Group: Description, meetings, etc.
Loddon Buildings Preservation Trust: Description, membership, etc.
Loddon Association for Apprehending and Prosecuting Thieves: The rules of the Loddon Association, for Apprehending and Prosecuting Thieves, for indemnifying each other against losses by theft, and granting rewards on the conviction of offenders.
[Norwich, Printed by C. and J. Berry, 1809]
Loddon and Clavering Association for Apprehending and Prosecuting Thieves: The rules of the Loddon and Clavering Association for Apprehending and Prosecuting Thieves, for indemnifying each other against losses by theft, and granting rewards on the conviction of offenders.
[Chedgrave, Printed by T. Webster, June 1819]
Loddon Friendly Society: An abstract of articles of agreement, between the members of a certain box-club or society, called The Friendly Society, in Loddon, in Norfolk.
[Norwich, Printed by W. Chase, 1785]

Taxation

Tax assessments: Showing the principal property owners.
1820 and 1837

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