Norfolk: Stalham
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Stalham is about 13 miles N.E. of Norwich.
Archives and Libraries
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.
- The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Happing (Walter Rye).
- The parishes covered include Stalham.
See Brumstead
- Church of St Mary
- Transcriptions and photographs of memorials.
- Church of St Mary
- Transcriptions and photographs of memorials.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
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 Mary.
-
Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- Church of St Mary
- History, services, etc.
- Church of St Mary
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Mary
- Services, etc.
- Baptist Church
- Services, pictures, etc.
- Jewson, Charles Boardman
- Stalham Baptist Church, 1653-1953.
[1950s]
Church Records
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Marriages.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's
Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Stalham was in
Tunstead and Happing Registration District.
This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930,
Stalham was in
Smallburgh Registration District
for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
- Stalham Town Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, description, pictures, etc.
- Stalham and Sutton
- Description and pictures.
- Stalham
- Description, history, pictures, churches, etc.
This is a link to an archived copy.
- Cooke, William Henry
- Stalham notes - events at Stalham since 1795.
[Stalham, 1909]
- Farman, Derek T.; Taylor, G.; and Turley, R.D.
- Stalham and District in times past.
[ISBN 0861570561, Chorley, Countryside Publications, 1982]
- Farman, Derek T.
- One hundred and fifty years of service: Stalham fire brigade,
1833-1983.
[Wymondham, Geo. R. Reeve, 1983]
- Woolston, Ray
- Stalham Then and Now.
60 photographs comparing past vistas with modern photographs.
[2014]
- Woolston, Ray
- Stalham: Glimpses of the Past.
60 photographs comparing past vistas with modern photographs.
[2014]
- Woolston, Ray
- Stalham's Forgotten Railway.
Businesses that used the railway, people, anecdotes, photographs, etc.
[2016]
- Stalham Smock Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Stalham Staithe Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Hunsett Drainage Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
Stalham is in Happing Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Happing Hundred
- Description of Happing Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
History
- A Chronology of Medieval Stalham
- This is a link to an archived copy.
Land and Property
See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
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 | 77 | 102 | 476 |
1811 | 78 | 106 | 471 |
1821 | 88 | 120 | 492 |
1831 | 141 | 141 | 613 |
1841 | 147 | --- | 729 |
1851 | 149 | --- | 698 |
|
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1861 | 169 | --- | 750 |
1871 | 178 | 196 | 796 |
1881 | 182 | 186 | 852 |
1891 | 197 | 201 | 867 |
1901 | 226 | 227 | 892 |
1911 | --- | 258 | 958 |
|
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 Return for Stalham includes 50 strangers attending the fair
at the adjacent village of Ingham."
- 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."
- 1901 Census
- "Including Stalham Green."
Schools
- Turley, Roy D.
- Stalham central school to high school, 1939-1989.
[ISBN 0861572912, Countryside Publications, 1989]
Voting Registers
See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers
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