Norfolk: Mulbarton

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Mulbarton is about 5 miles S.W. of Norwich.
It includes Kenningham, which was once a parish.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of St Mary Magdalen: Description, picture, services, etc.
Church of St Mary Magdalen: Services, etc.
Daubeney, Andrew Robert Vaughan: Mulbarton with Keningham, Norfolk: some notes & remarks concerning the church, the monuments tablets, the rectors, the church plate, the bells, the registers, the title map and field names, St. William of Norwich, Sir Thomas Richard, the house of Rich, etc.
[King's Lynn, Crome and Akers, 1932]
Mulbarton Methodist Chapel: Description, history and pictures.

Church Records

Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1829-1830, and 1832-1833.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Mulbarton: History, church, buildings, map, pictures, etc.
Many links from this Genuki Norfolk page are direct links into relevant pages on this Mulbarton site.
Mulbarton: Description, history, pictures, events, organisations, businesses, etc.
Mulbarton Parish Council: Minutes, agendas, etc.
Hardman, J.S.: Mulbarton, a History of a Norfolk Village.
[ISBN 0952257211, Mulbarton, 1999]
Wright, Jill; and Wright, David R.: The Book of Mulbarton, 'A village that has no history'.
[ISBN 1841145033, Halsgrove, 2006]
Mulbarton Post Mill: Description.
Mulbarton Smock Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Mulbarton Smock Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Mulbarton Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Mulbarton Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Mulbarton Women's Institute: Mulbarton Millennium Directory.
[Mulbarton, Mulbarton Women's Institute, 1999]

Gazetteers and Directories

Mulbarton is in Humbleyard hundred.

Land and Property

Mulbarton Hall: Description, history and pictures.
Mulbarton Old Hall, or the Manor House: Description, history and pictures.

Maps

Mulbarton Map: With roads, buildings, fields, etc.
Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Henstead Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military History

World Wars 1 and 2: Memories, childhood, records, etc.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Names, Personal

Turner: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Mulbarton became part of the Henstead Union, and the workhouse was at Swainsthorpe.
Wright, Jill A.
Transcription of the Poor Rate of Mulbarton, 1876.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library]

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   49   74 353

1811   51   75 346

1821   84   98 417

1831 105 111 523

1841 125 --- 582

1851 127 --- 557

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 117 --- 525

1871 114 114 463

1881 120 121 518

1891 123 123 536

1901 126 127 507

1911 --- 123 481

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.

1901 Census: "Including Kenningham."

Schools

Mulbarton Schools: History, pictures, pupils, teachers, memories, etc

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