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Pentney is about 8 miles S.E. of King's Lynn.
Cemeteries
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Census
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Church Directories
Church History
- Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Minister, services, description, picture, etc.
- Pentney Abbey
- Description, history and pictures.
- Pentney Priory
- Description and history.
- De Bootman, Michael
- Pentney Abbey, 1075-1534.
[1980s]
Church Records
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms,
Banns,
Marriages and
Burials.
- Marriages 1731-1837
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 10.
- Marriages
- These are included in
Boyd's Marriage Index.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Pentney was in
Freebridge Lynn Registration District.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
- Pentney
- Description, history, maps, Pentney Abbey, Church of St Mary
Magdalene, census, local people, etc.
- Pentney Smock Mill
- Description and history.
- Pentney Water Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
Pentney is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.
Land and Property
- Drainage
- See East Winch.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Freebridge Lynn Registration District, 1836
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish and nearby places.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Maps
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
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 | 53 | 285 |
1811 | 45 | 61 | 269 |
1821 | 82 | 85 | 418 |
1831 | 85 | 88 | 480 |
1841 | 105 | -- | 592 |
1851 | 121 | -- | 624 |
|
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1861 | 131 | --- | 642 |
1871 | 127 | 127 | 587 |
1881 | 117 | 117 | 534 |
1891 | 119 | 119 | 498 |
1901 | 107 | 107 | 387 |
1911 | --- | 109 | 406 |
|
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
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December 2008