Norfolk: Snarehill

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Snarehill is about 1 mile E. of Thetford.
The name may also be spelled Snareshill.
It includes the hamlets of Great Snarehill and Little Snarehill.
It was formerly part of Rushford, and became a parish in about 1860.
See also Rushford.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Rockland, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
There is no parish church.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church Records

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 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Snarehill was in Thetford Registration District.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Gazetteers and Directories

Snarehill is in Guiltcross hundred.

Maps

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

Military History

Snarehill Airfield: Pictures.
Snarehill Airfield: Description.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Snarehill became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.

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 -- -- --

1811 -- -- --

1821 -- -- --

1831 -- -- --

1841   4 -- 28

1851   5 -- 28

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861   5 -- 46

1871   6   6 25

1881   9 11 52

1891 12 12 54

1901 11 11 56

1911 -- 11 46

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: "The population of Snarehill was probably returned with that of Rushford prior to 1841."
1861 Census: "Great and Little Snarehill and Rymer, formerly extra-parochial, are now parishes for the purposes of Act 20 Vict.c.19." (Rymer is in Suffolk).

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