Norfolk: Oulton

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Oulton is about 3 miles N.W. of Aylsham.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

Oulton Workhouse was in this parish until 1849.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Ingworth, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter and St Paul: Services, description, parish magazine, pictures, etc.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Description, history and pictures,
and pictures of Oulton Congregational Chapel.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Minister, services, etc.
Manning, Mary: Oulton [Congregational] Chapel: opened 1731, restored 1991.
[Norwich, Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust, 1998]
Oulton Congregational Chapel: Description.

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
1821: Clergyman's Return: Numbers of births, marriages and burials, 1811-1820.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc
Oulton Post Mill: Description, history and map.

Gazetteers and Directories

Oulton is in South Erpingham hundred.

History

Oulton and Irmingland: A history.

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Wood Dalling

Maps

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

Military History

Bartram, Len: RAF Oulton, 1941-47, with Blickling Hall: a brief history.
[Melton Constable, 1990s]
RAF Oulton: Description and pictures.
RAF Oulton: Description and picture.
RAF Oulton: Description and map.
RAF Oulton: Description and pictures.
RAF Oulton: Pictures.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

In 1792, the Oulton Gilbert Union was created. Over the years it grew to include the six parishes of Banningham, Blickling, Colby, Erpingham, Itteringham, and Oulton. The House of Industry was at Oulton.
In 1804, the House of Industry became a workhouse.
In 1836, the Aylsham Union was created, and the six parishes were transferred to it.
The Oulton workhouse continued until 1849, when it and the workhouse at Buxton were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham.
Aylsham Union Workhouses
Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845.

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 67 81 351

1811 63 72 345

1821 67 72 382

1831 75 85 386

1841 76 -- 409

1851 85 -- 384

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 76 -- 357

1871 87 89 363

1881 84 92 379

1891 80 84 372

1901 82 83 360

1911 -- 81 331

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.

1821 Census: "at Oulton is a workhouse for several united Parishes."
1831 Census: "At Oulton is a Workhouse for several united Parishes."
1841 Census: "The Return for Oulton includes 47 persons in 1841, in a Workhouse, disused since the establishment of the Union Workhouse at Aylsham."

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