Norfolk: Pulham St Mary the Virgin

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

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: 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 the Virgin.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary the Virgin: Services, picture, etc.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Services, etc.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Pictures of the church.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Picture of the church.
Huggins, John: The Church of Pulham St Mary the Virgin.
[1980s]

Church Records

Campling, Arthur: Index of Baptisms: Pulham St Mary the Virgin, 1539-1754.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Campling, Arthur: Index of Marriages: Pulham St Mary the Virgin, 1539-1754.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Campling, Arthur: Index of Burials: Pulham St Mary the Virgin, 1540-1607.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Clutten, Hilary: Pulham St Mary Parish Registers: Burials 1813-1868, v.1.
[ISBN 0951880926, 1994]
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in 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 St Mary the Virgin was in Depwade Registration District.

Description and Travel

Pennoyer Centre: School, parish, air station, etc.
Pulham St Mary Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
Pulham St Mary North Post Mill: Description and history.
Pulham St Mary South Post Mill: Description and history.
Pulham St Mary West Post Mill: Description and history.

Directories

1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1850: Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk
1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
1997: Pulham St Mary Directory: A guide to the village, its services and businesses, people, organizations, charities and history.
[Pulham St Mary Parish Council, 1997]

Historical Geography

Pulham St Mary the Virgin 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

Inclosure: See Pulham Market (Pulham St Mary Magdalen)
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Pulham St Mary King's Head Public House: a history.
[2006]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military History

Pulham Airship Station: Description and pictures.
Pulham Airship Station: Description and pictures.
Kinsey, Gordon: Pulham Pigs: the history of an airship station.
This is the history of the airship station; the village is famed for its association with airships (which were known as Pulham Pigs) and which feature on the village sign. The Airship R34 completed the historic first two way crossing of the Atlantic by air when it landed here on the return leg.
[ISBN 0861380509, Lavenham Suffolk, Terence Dalton Ltd, 1988]
Rawlence, Jocelyn; and Peake, Norman: The Story of Pulham and its Airship.
[Pulham Market, Pulham Market Society, 1989]

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Pulham St Mary the Virgin became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham Market (Pulham St Mary Magdalen).

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	103	144	801
1811	106	144	787
1821	133	164	797
1831	167	178	831
1841	191	---	924
1851	192	---	918

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	196	---	863
1871	203	203	886
1881	194	200	822
1891	192	196	831
1901	182	182	784
1911	---	179	738

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 Garlic Street, and North Green."

Schools

Clutten, Hilary: School's Out: a history of Pennoyer's School and its benefactor William Pennoyer including some of the history of Pulham St Mary.
[ISBN 0951880918, 1996]
Cowcher, P.C.: The Chapel of the Gild of St James and Pennoyer's School.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.30, 1952]
Heywood, Stephen: Pennoyer's School, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, the architectural and historic importance of the medieval guild chapel of St James.
[Norwich, Norfolk County Council, 1997]
Pennoyer Scholarships: History, description, etc.
This is a link to an archived copy.

Voting Registers

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