Norfolk: Melton Constable

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Melton Constable is about 4 miles S.W. of Holt.
It is united with Burgh Parva.
See also Great Melton and Little Melton.

Cemeteries

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

Census

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 Peter.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter: Description and pictures.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
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 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Melton Constable was in Erpingham Registration District.

In 1869 it was transferred to Walsingham Registration District for civil registration until 1930, and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.

Description and Travel

Melton Constable Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, meetings, etc.
Bunn, Rhoda: Melton Constable, Briston and district: A portrait in old picture postcards.
[ISBN 1870708636, S.B. Publications, 1991]
Bunn, Rhoda: Melton Constable, Briston and district: A further portrait in old picture postcards.
[ISBN 1904136133, Wymondham, 1990s?]
Vaughan, Adrian: Melton Constable: Notes on its development and social life.
[Unpublished manuscript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 2000?]

Directories

Historical Geography

Melton Constable 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

Land and Property

See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Names, Personal

Astley: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

In 1783, the parishes of Brinton, Melton Constable and Burgh Parva united to form a Gilbert Union and the workhouse was in this parish. In 1869 the three parishes became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.

Brinton Incorporation: Parishes in the incorporation, etc.
Brinton Incorporation and Workhouse: Description and pictures.

Schools

Howells, E.B: Melton Constable Secondary School: Golden jubilee, 1913-1963: A historical sketch.
[The School, 1963]

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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