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

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 and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Services, etc.
Church of All Saints: Pictures of the church.
Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
Spence, Keith J.: A Shipdham Centenary, 1881-1981.
Shipdham Congregational and United Reformed Churches.
[Shipdham, 1981]

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: Parish council, etc.
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.

Directories

Historical Geography

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

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military History

Shipdham Airfield: Description, history and pictures.
Shipdham Airfield: Pictures, etc.
Shipdham Airfield: Wartime memories.
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."

Other population figures

Population in 1831

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]

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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