Norfolk: Narborough

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Narborough is about 5 miles N.W. of Swaffham.
The name may also be spelled Narburgh.
See also Narford.

Cemeteries

Church of All Saints: Monuments in the church.

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 All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Services, minister, description, picture, etc.

Church Records

Marriages 1558-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 1.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Narborough: Description, history, parish council, organisations, pictures, etc.
Narborough: Description, history, aerodrome, etc.
Narborough Local History Society; (David Turner, editor): The Book of Narborough.
[ISBN 1841143405, Halsgrove Community History Series, 2004]
Narborough Local History Society: Narborough: A Village Portrait: 1875-1925.
[Narborough, Narborough Local History Society, 1991]
Turner, David E.: A History of Narborough: Part 1, Early settlement.
[Narborough, 1981]
Turner, David E.: A History of Narborough: Part 2, The manor and the church.
[Narborough, 1982]
Turner, David E.: A History of Narborough: Part 3, Barges to biplanes.
[Narborough, 1987]
Narborough Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Beaumont, Tony: Narborough Mill.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.II, no.2, 1977]
Narborough Bone Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Turner, David E.: Narborough Bone Mill.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.III, no.1, 1981]

Directories

Historical Geography

Narborough is in South Greenhoe hundred.

Land and Property

Narborough Hall: Description and pictures.

Maps

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

Military History

Narborough Airfield Research Group: Description.
Narborough Aerodrome: Description and pictures.
Narborough Airfield: Description and map.
Narborough Aerodrome: Description and picture.
Narborough Local History Society: Narborough Aerodrome, 1915-1919.
[Narborough, Narborough Local History Society, 1980s]
Narborough Airfield Research Group: The great government aerodrome: RFC Narborough: the story of a First World War airfield.
[ISBN 0953869598, Narborough Airfield Research Group, 2000]
Turner, David E.: Two West Norfolk Airfields in the Great War: Narborough and Marham.
[Narborough, 1986]

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Narborough became part of the Swaffham Union, and the workhouse was at Swaffham.

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 19 44 268

1811 22 53 290

1821 50 61 294

1831 54 74 300

1841 61 -- 360

1851 74 -- 375

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 78 -- 387

1871 86 89 431

1881 88 94 435

1891 93 93 427

1901 92 92 368

1911 -- 90 336

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.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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