Norfolk: Sloley

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Sloley is about 7 miles E. of Aylsham.

Cemeteries

Not all memorials may be included, even when a transcription is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be read or photographed.

Church of St Bartholomew: Transcriptions of gravestones in the churchyard.
The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Tunstead (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Sloley.
See Ashmanhaugh

Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Waxham, 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 Bartholomew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Bartholomew: Description and pictures.
Church of St Bartholomew: Services, etc.
The Church: St Bartholomew's Church, Sloley.
[Sloley, The Church, 1981]
Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms and Marriages.
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or 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), Sloley was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.

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

Description and Travel

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Directories

Historical Geography

Sloley is in Tunstead Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Tunstead Hundred
Description of Tunstead Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Land and Property

Sloley Hall: Description and pictures.

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

In 1785 Sloley 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	37	60	260
1811	56	56	223
1821	55	75	308
1831	50	71	267
1841	72	--	291
1851	70	--	294

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	65	--	258
1871	61	62	255
1881	60	61	264
1891	56	58	270
1901	55	55	273
1911	--	57	249

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.

1821 Census: "The common has been inclosed at Sloley, and ten cottages built on the allotments."
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."

Schools

Bowditch, Patricia; and Ogilvie, Pauline: Our Heritage: Sloley National School.
[Sloley, Sloley Voluntary Controlled Primary School, 1974]

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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