Norfolk: Sea Palling

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Sea Palling is about 14 miles E. of Aylsham.
The name may also be spelled Pauling.
It is also known as Palling and as Palling next the Sea.

Cemeteries

Church of St Margaret of Antioch: Transcriptions of gravestones in the churchyard.
The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Happing (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Palling.
See Brumstead

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Waxham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Parish of Sea Palling with Waxham: Description, pictures, services, events, etc.
Church of St Margaret of Antioch: Description and pictures.
Church of St Margaret of Antioch: Description, services, etc.

Church Records

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 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Palling was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.

This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Palling was in Smallburgh Registration District for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.

Description and Travel

Sea Palling and Waxham: Description, history, pictures, news, events, etc.
Sea Palling and Waxham Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
Sea Palling: Description and pictures.
Sea Palling: Pictures.
Salmon, David: Sea Palling: Vol.1: A portrait in old picture postcards.
[Blue Sky Publications, 2006]
Salmon, David: Sea Palling: Vol.2: Memories in old picture postcards.
[ISBN 0955399807, Blue Sky Publications, 2006]
Salmon, David: Sea Palling: Vol.3: Times past.
[ISBN 0955399815, Blue Sky Publications, 2007]
Simpson, Jack D.: Sea Palling and South, from old picture postcards and photographs.
[ISBN 0953080619, Simpson Publications, 1999]
Sea Palling Independent Lifeboat: News, description, history, pictures, etc.
Pestell, R.E.: Epic of the Sea Palling Lifeboats.
[Holt, North Walsham, printed by Rounce and Wortley, 1980s]
Sea Palling Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Sea Palling is in Happing hundred.

History

A Chronology of Medieval Sea Palling: History.
Pestell, R.E.: Palling: a history shaped by the sea. (Sea Palling, to 1953).
[ISBN 094614818X, North Walsham, Poppyland, 1986]

Land and Property

Land Allotment and Drainage: See Hempstead near Stalham.

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

In 1785 Palling became part of the Tunstead and Happing Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Smallburgh.
In 1869 the incorporation became the Smallburgh Union.

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 27 36 188

1811 35 47 201

1821 57 61 300

1831 67 71 343

1841 85 -- 425

1851 95 -- 467

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 104 -- 442

1871 109 115 485

1881 110 110 459

1891   94   94 395

1901   89   89 341

1911 --   92 366

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.

1831 Census: "In the Parish of Palling 40 Men are employed in Fishing."
1841 Census: "The Return for Palling includes 30 strangers attending a fair."
1861 Census: "TUNSTEAD. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the Tunstead District, which forms the "Tunstead and Happing Incorporation" for the support of the poor, is attributed to emigration and the migration of young persons to other parts."

Voting Registers

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