Norfolk: Mulbarton

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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.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
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 and 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]

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: Description and history.
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 Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
Mulbarton Women's Institute
Mulbarton Millennium Directory.
[Mulbarton, Mulbarton Women's Institute, 1999]

Historical Geography

Mulbarton is in Humbleyard Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Humbleyard Hundred
Description of Humbleyard 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

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."

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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