Norfolk: Shipdham

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Shipdham is about 5 miles S.W. of East Dereham.

Cemeteries

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: The Memorial Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of All Saints, Shipdham, Norfolk.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2002]

Census

1831: Numbers of households, males, females, etc.
1841:
     Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
     Indexes from the 1841 Census Returns of Shipdham, Norfolk.
     [Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 1990s]
1861
1891: Surname List
1891

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description, history and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Services, etc.
Church of All Saints: Pictures of the church.
Church of All Saints: Pictures of the church.
Shipdham Methodist Church: Minister, services, location, picture, etc.
Spence, Keith J.: A Shipdham Centenary, 1881-1981.
Shipdham Congregational and United Reformed Churches.
[Shipdham, 1981]
Shipdham Community Church: Description, services, pictures, etc

Church Records

Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
All Saints Church, Shipdham: Shipdam Churchwardens Accounts 1511-1567.
[Transcription, 1960s]
List of Rectors: 14th-20th centuries.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Shipdham Village: Picture of the church.
Woods, Maurice: A History of Shipdham.
[Shipdham, 1984]
Woods, Maurice: A View of Shipdham: 1890-1940.
[Shipdham, Shipdham Press, 1985]
Woods, Maurice: Shipdham: The American Connection.
[Shipdham, Shipdham Press, 1985]
Woods, Maurice: Shipdham: Past and Present.
[Shipdham, Shipdham Press, 1987]
Woods, Maurice: Looking Back at Shipdham.
[Shipdham, Shipdham Press, 1988]
Shipdham Market Street Post Mill: Description and history.
Shipdham Mill Road Post Mill: Description and history.
Shipdham West End Post Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Gazetteers and Directories

Shipdham is in Mitford hundred.

History

Early history: From the 11th century.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Shipdham Inclosure Act, 1807.
An act for inclosing lands, in the parish of Shipdham, in the county of Norfolk.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1807]

Maps

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

Military History

Shipdham Airfield: Description, history and pictures.
Shipdham Airfield: 44th Bomb Group Museum - description and pictures.
Shipdham Airfield: Wartime memories.
Shipdham Airfield: Description and picture.
Shipdham Airfield: Description.
Bodle, Peter: The 44th Bomb Group in Norfolk: a pictorial history of the USAAF's 44th Bombardment Group at Shipdham, during WWII.
[ISBN 0955191602, Stoke Ferry, Liberator Publishing, 2006]
Ferrell, Robert E.: Mission Diary: Shipdham, 1944-1945.
[1999]
Lancaster-Rennie, Jean: And over here!
[Wymondham, Geo.R. Reeve, 1976]
Mackay, Ron; and Adams, Steve: The 44th Bomb Group in World War II: the Flying eight-balls over Europe in the B-24.
[ISBN 0764318853, Schiffer Military History, 2003]

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Shipdham became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

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 172 273 1250

1811 192 298 1412

1821 233 360 1642

1831 376 391 1889

1841 413 --- 1861

1851 407 --- 1769

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 382 --- 1644

1871 380 393 1595

1881 375 389 1526

1891 367 368 1471

1901 334 335 1349

1911 --- 345 1303

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.

1851 Census: "The decrease of population in the Parish of Shipdham since 1841 is ascribed partly to the death of one builder and the relinquishment of business of another, who together employed upwards of 60 workmen, and partly to emigration."
1901 Census: "Including Blackmoor Row, Crowshill, Little Hale, and Thorpe Row."

Societies

Shipdham Union Friendly Society: Shipdham Union Friendly Society for assuring support to men and women in sickness, infirmity and old age, and a sum payable at death: Rules.
[Dereham, Barker, 1830s]

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