Norfolk: Necton

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Necton is about 4 miles E. of Swaffham.
It is also known as Neeton.

Cemeteries

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: All Saints' Church, Necton: Memorial Inscriptions, with plan of church and churchyard, and index.
[Dereham, 1990s]

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, history and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Description, services, history, pictures, etc.
Ray, D.J.: All Saints' Church, Necton.
[Necton, The Church, 1970s]

Church Records

Parish Registers: Marriages.
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Birch, Charles George Roberts: On certain brasses at Necton and Great Cressingham.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.12, 1895]

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Necton Archives: Church, list of rectors, pictures, school, etc.
Bull, Marion: Sketches of Necton.
[Shipdham Press, 2005]
Nichols, Mary: The Mother of Necton, a century of Norfolk life.
(Village life in 19th and 20th centuries; Eliza Ong, village nurse and midwife)
[ISBN 1859832172, Breedon, 2000]
Necton Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Gazetteers and Directories

Necton is in South Greenhoe hundred.

History

Carthew, George Alfred: A history, topographical, archaeological, genealogical, and biographical, of the parishes of West and East Bradenham, with those of Necton and Holme Hale, in the county of Norfolk, from the Public Records, Court Rolls, Wills, Parish Registers, and private sources.
[Norwich, Agas H. Goose, 1883]

Land and Property

Necton Hall: Pictures of the hall.
Great Britain: Statute: Necton Inclosure Act, 1815.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Necton, otherwise Neighton, in the county of Norfolk.
[1815]

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 Records

War Memorial: Picture and names - World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Necton 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   90 143   663

1811 108 160   719

1821 183 192   867

1831 193 216   996

1841 197   --   991

1851 208   -- 1020

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 216   -- 948

1871 202 202 868

1881 188 198 793

1891 170 171 735

1901 159 160 653

1911   -- 160 660

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 Ivy Todd."

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