Norfolk: Methwold

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Methwold is about 10 miles N.W. of Thetford.
It is also known as Muel.
It includes the hamlet of Methwold Hithe (or Methwold Hythe).

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Cranwich, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St George.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St George: Description, history and pictures.
Methwold Methodist Church: Services, description, picture, etc.

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), Methwold was in Thetford Registration District.

Description and Travel

Methwold Village: Description, history, church, pictures, etc.
Flogdell, Cliff: Methwold Inns and Innkeepers, 1836 to 1970.
[Mildenhall, 2004]
Flogdell, Cliff: Methwold Memories, 1930-1970.
[Mildenhall, 2004]
Hall, Godfrey; and Flogdell, Cliff: Methwold in Words and Pictures.
[Mildenhall, 2004]
Whitmore, George Frederick: Tobacco growing.
[Cambridge, printed by Foister and Jagg, 1913]
[Anthony Forbes Whitmore, 1999]
Methwold Brandon Road Tower Mill: Description, history and map.
Methwold Hythe Post Mill: Description, history and map.
Methwold Hythe Road Post Mill: Description, history and map.
Methwold Old Feltwell Road Tower Mill: Description, history and picture.

Gazetteers and Directories

Methwold is in Grimshoe hundred.

History

Gedge, John Denny: The history of a village community in the eastern counties.
[Norwich, Agas H. Goose, Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaelogical Society, 1893]
Yates, Edward Marshall: Land and life at the Fen Edge: as depicted in the medieval muniments of Methwold, Norfolk.
[Occasional paper (no.17), King's College, University of London, 1984]
Younge, John: The area of Methwold and its people.
[Methwold, 2001]

Maps

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

Military History

Methwold Airfield: Wartime memories.
Methwold Airfield: Description.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Methwold became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.

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 133 187   865

1811 174 187   942

1821 220 230 1164

1831 244 264 1266

1841 279 -- 1441

1851 339 -- 1669

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 332 -- 1509

1871 342 352 1428

1881 328 332 1453

1891 316 317 1362

1901 302 302 1254

1911 -- 322 1325

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.

1861 Census: "The decrease of population in Methwold parish is attributed to emigration."
1901 Census: "Including Methwold Hithe."

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