Norfolk: Pulham Market

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Pulham Market is about 7 miles N.E. of Diss.
It is also known as Pulham St Mary Magdalen.
See also Pulham St Mary the Virgin.

Cemeteries

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Census

Depwade Union Workhouse was in this parish.
1851: Depwade Union Workhouse
1881: Depwade Union Workhouse
1891: Pulham Market: Surname List
1891: Depwade Union Workhouse: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Redenhall, 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 (or to St Mary Magdalene).
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary Magdalen: Location, services, picture, etc.
Church of St Mary Magdalen: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary Magdalen: Services, etc.
Church of St Mary Magdalen: Description and pictures of the stained glass windows.
Church of St Mary Magdalen: Picture of the church.
The Church: Pulham St Mary Magdalen, Church Guide.
[Pulham Market, The Church]
Rose, Edwin J.: Pulham St Mary Magdalen, a constructional mystery - St Mary Magdalen Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.38, 1983]
Methodist Church: Ministers, services, news, picture, etc.
Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
Pulham Market Methodist Chapel: Pulham Market Methodist Chapel, centenary celebrations, 1963.
[Pulham Market, Pulham Market Methodist Chapel, 1963]
Brown, Douglas; Blackburn, Peter; and others.: A History of Methodism in Pulham Market.
[Tivetshall St Mary, Primrose Press, 2003]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Pulham Market: Description, history, pictures, events, parish council, etc.
Barker, G.P.: Old Pulham [Market].
[Norwich Local Studies Library, typescript, 1975]
Blackburn, Peter: Memories of Pulham Market, an oral history of the twentieth century.
[Pulham Market, Pulham Market Society, 2007]
Pulham Market Society: Pulham Market - Past and Present.
[Pulham Market, Pulham Market Society, 1999]
Pulham Market Society: A Walk Around Historic Pulham Market.
[Pulham Market, Pulham Market Society]
Pulham Market Post Mill: Description and history.
Pulham Market Smock Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Pulham Market (Pulham St Mary Magdalen) is in Earsham Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Earsham Hundred
Description of Earsham Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Pulham Inclosure Act, 1838.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Pulham Saint Mary the Virgin and Pulham Saint Mary Magdalen, in the county of Norfolk.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1838]
Glendenning, S.E.: Manor Farm, Pulham Market.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.30, 1952]
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Pulham Market Crown Public House: a history.
[2006]
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Pulham Market Falcon Public House: a history.
[2007]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military History

Blackburn, Peter: Memories of Wartime.
Taken from recordings made by local people about the second world war.
[Pulham Market, Pulham Market Society, 2012]

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Pulham Market became part of Depwade Union, and the workhouse was in this parish.

Depwade Union: Parishes in the union, their arrangements for the poor before 1834, etc.
Depwade Union and Workhouse: Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845.
Depwade Union and Workhouse: Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1883.
Depwade Union and Workhouse: Description and pictures.
Reid, Andy: The Union Workhouse: A Study Guide for Teachers and Local Historians.
Includes the Mitford and Launditch Union at Gressenhall, the Depwade Union at Pulham Market, and the Loddon and Clavering Union at Heckingham.
[ISBN 0850339146, Chichester, Phillimore, for the British Association for Local History, 1994]

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	118	173	767
1811	135	188	857
1821	139	207	1009
1831	216	223	1046
1841	233	---	1155
1851	243	---	1414

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	239	---	1279
1871	240	269	1187
1881	227	237	1127
1891	227	233	1082
1901	221	225	1014
1911	---	213	1001

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.

1841 and 1851 Censuses: "The Parishes of Pulham St. Mary Magdalen (or Pulham Market) and Pulham St. Mary the Virgin are ecclesiastically united. The Return for the former includes 130 persons in 1841, and 311 in 1851, in the Depwade Union Workhouse."
1901 Census: "Including Bush Green, Colegate End, and Coles Common."
1911 Census: Out of the population of 1001, 165 were in a large establishment or institution. This was probably the workhouse.

Voting Registers

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