Norfolk: Lyng

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Lyng is about 6 miles N.E. of East Dereham.
The name may also be spelled Ling.
It includes the hamlet of Easthaugh.

Cemeteries

Author unknown: Lyng Memorial Inscriptions.
Tombstones, Memorials and Burial Records, 1567-2002.
[2003?]

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Sparham, 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 Margaret in some records, and to St Michael in others.
There are ruins of an ancient chapel of St Edmund.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Margaret: Description and pictures.
Church of St Margaret: Services, etc.
Chapel of St Edmund: Description and picture of the ruins.

Church Records

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), Lyng was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.

Description and Travel

Baker, Kay: Guide to Lyng.
[J and A Graphics, 1986]
Lyng Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Lyng is in Eynsford Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Eynsford Hundred
Description of Eynsford Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

History

Lyng History Group: Lyng: A Village in the Wensum Valley: A Miscellany.
[Lyng, Lyng History Group, 1993]
Sayer, Michael John: Lyng.
[Aylsham, F.C. Barnwell, 1983]

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Bawdeswell

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Lyng 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	101	105	496
1811	73	104	502
1821	73	117	581
1831	86	138	645
1841	137	---	601
1851	145	---	656

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	141	---	590
1871	129	133	529
1881	126	128	499
1891	119	119	437
1901	107	107	418
1911	---	112	452

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.

1841 Census: "Lyng Parish includes Lyng Easthaugh Hamlet."
1901 Census: "Including Easthaugh and Primrose Green."

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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