Norfolk: Sprowston

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Sprowston is about 2 miles N.E. of Norwich.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Taverham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary and St Margaret.
There is also a church dedicated to St Cuthbert.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Churches of St Mary and St Margaret, and St Cuthbert: Description, history, pictures, services, etc.
Tricker, Roy: Parish of Sprowston: Churches of SS Mary and Margaret and St Cuthbert: A short guide.
[Sprowston, 1976]
Church of St Mary and St Margaret: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary and St Margaret: Services, minister, picture, etc
Church of St Cuthbert: Description and pictures.
Church of St Cuthbert: Services, minister, picture, etc
Roman Catholic Church of St George: Description and pictures.
Sprowston Methodist Church: Minister, services, address, picture, activities, etc.
Sprowston Methodist Church: Services, news, events, organisations, pictures, etc.
Sprowston Methodist Church: Description and pictures.
Sprowston Methodist Church: Sprowston Road Methodist Church, Norwich: 1909-1959 golden jubilee souvenir handbook.
[Norwich, 1959]
Sprowston Methodist Church: Opening and dedication of the new church, 20th September, 1958.
[Sprowston, 1958]
Sprowston Methodist Church: Sprowston Methodist Church: 25 years at Wroxham Road: 1958-1983.
[Norwich, 1983]
Sprowston Methodist Church: Sprowston Methodist Church: Jubilee! celebrating life and witness over 50 years at Wroxham Road, 1958-2008.
[Norwich 2008]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Churchwardens' Payments, or Disbursements: Payments for church repairs, communion bread and wine, etc.
1665-1795.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Sprowston was in St Faith's Registration District.

Description and Travel

Sprowston Heritage Group: History, pictures, churches, industries, memories, etc.
Sprowston Heritage: Sprowston Heritage: a community archive.
Photographic archive of images of Sprowston through the ages.
[Sprowston, Sprowston Heritage, CD, 2005]
Sprowston Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, services, schools, etc.
Macfarlane, Thelma: Threads of time: Sprowston history in fabric and thread: a personal record.
[Sprowston, Sprowston Heritage Millennium Embroidery, 2007]
Sneddon, Peter (editor): Brickmaking in Sprowston.
[Sprowston, Sprowston Heritage Community Archive, 2006]
Lazar House: Description, history and pictures.
Nuthall, Trevor: The Lazar House, Norwich: 900 years of history.
[ISBN 090318107X?, Norwich, Norfolk County Council, Assist Trust, 2005]
Sprowston Post Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Sprowston Post Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Harrison, Herbert Clifford: The mill house and thereabouts: recollections of an idyllic childhood in Sprowston, Norfolk.
[ISBN 0948400676, Larks Press, 1998]
Harrison, Herbert Clifford: The story of Sprowston Mill.
[London, Phoenix House, 1949]
Sprowston Road Post Mill: Description.
Sprowston Tower Mill: Description and history.
Sprowston Saw Mills: Description and history.

Directories

Historical Geography

Sprowston is in Taverham hundred.

History

Best, Geoffrey: Sprowston: one view of our past. A history of Sprowston.
[Sprowston, 2000]
Sneddon, Peter: Sprowston: historical points over the past 1000 years.
[Sprowston, 2000]
Sprowston Heritage: Publications by members of Sprowston Heritage: Bringing the history of the village to life.
[Sprowston, Sprowston Heritage, 2007]
Tillett, Edward A.: Norwich Scrapbooks: Norwich Hamlets: Vol.3: Catton, Sprowston, Thorpe, Trowse, Bracondale, and Lakenham.
Newspaper articles, photographs, postcards, extracts from Blomefield, etc.
[In Norwich Local Studies Library, 1900s]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Sprowston Inclosure Act, 1800.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing the commons and waste grounds within the parish of Sprowston, in the county of Norfolk.
[1800]

Maps

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

Military Records

War Memorial: World Wars 1 and 2.

Names, Personal

Sneddon, Peter (editor): Sprowston surnames.
Church burials - 16th century, parish register, 1721-1812, White's Norfolk directory 1845, Sprowston people 1851, Census of 1861, Shoe and brick workers 1881, Kelly's Norfolk directory 1888, etc.
[Sprowston, Sprowston Heritage, 2007]

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Sprowston became part of the St Faith's Union, and the workhouse was at Horsham St Faith.

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   42   46   248

1811   56   56   310

1821 171 176   832

1831 243 255 1179

1841 269 -- 1235

1851 307 -- 1308

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 339 -- 1407

1871 389 395 1580

1881 420 425 1782

1891 486 490 2165

1901 520 522 2359  a

-- 168   749  b

1911 -- 212   906

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: "Manufactory has increased at Sprowston within the last four or five years."
1831 Census: "The Parish of Sprowston has increased in Population (347 Persons) attributable to its proximity to the City of Norwich."
1861 Census: "ST. FAITHS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the District of St. Faiths is attributed to the migration of labourers and their families to the manufacturing districts."
1901 Census: "Including New Sprowston, and part of George Hill."
a - These figures are from the 1901 population tables.
b - These figures (for 1901) are from the 1911 population tables.
1911 Census: Out of the population of 906, 20 were in one institution or large establishment.
"By the Norwich (Extension) Order, 1907, which came into operation on the 9th November, 1907, part of St. Faith's Rural District (viz., parts of Catton and Sprowston Civil Parishes) was transferred to Norwich County Borough (and Civil Parish)."

Voting Registers

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