Norfolk: Great Ryburgh

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Great Ryburgh is about 2 miles S.E. of Fakenham.
It is also known as Ryburgh Magna.
See also Little Ryburgh.

Cemeteries

Howell, Shirley W. and Howell, Keith M.: The Monumental Inscriptions of Great and Little Ryburgh.
[1998]

Census

1841-1891: Surname List
   Howell, Shirley W. and Howell, Keith M.
   The Parish of Great Ryburgh, Census Index, 1841-1891.
   [Norwich, 1999]
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Toftrees, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew: Services, description, pictures, etc.
Church of St Andrew: Pictures of the church.
Tatham, Frederick Hugh: Great Ryburgh: the Church of St Andrew.
[Fakenham, Lancaster Press, 1950s]
Great Ryburgh Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms
Parish Register Transcripts: Marriages 1547-1837.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Miscellaneous Series of IHGS Parish Registers, 2000?]
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), Great Ryburgh was in Walsingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

The Ryburgh Web: Local news and information.
Great Ryburgh Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Great Ryburgh is in Gallow hundred.

History

Manning, I.M.: Great Ryburgh Foundry and Maltings.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.II, no.2, 1977]

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Fulmodeston with Croxton.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Great Ryburgh became part of Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.

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 -- -- 377

1811   61   82 431

1821 101 110 525

1831 119 119 598

1841 111 -- 521

1851 124 -- 596

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 118 -- 556

1871 137 141 590

1881 145 183 693

1891 141 143 628

1901 149 149 662

1911 -- 150 612

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 Census: "Fifty persons have emigrated from Great Ryburgh Parish during the last five years."
1861 Census: "The decreased return of population in the parish of Great Ryburgh is partly owing to the fact that in 1851 several labourers were engaged on railway works."

Voting Registers

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