Norfolk: Starston

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Starston is about 8 miles E.N.E. of Diss.
See also Sturston.

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Redenhall, 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 Margaret.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Margaret: Description and pictures.
Church of St Margaret: Description, pictures, services, etc.
Church of St Margaret: Description, picture, services, etc.
Church of St Margaret: Picture of the church.
Arrowsmith, Thomas: Daybook of Thomas Arrowsmith, Rector of Starston 1726-1728.
Phipson, Richard M.: Notes on Starston Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.7, 1872]
Waller, J.G.: Mural Paintings in Starston Church, Norfolk.
[Notes and Queries, 1871]

Church Records

Campling, Arthur: Index of Marriages, Starston, 1561-1753.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Marriages and Burials.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1747, 1753, and 1779.
Churchwardens' Payments, or Disbursements: Payments for church repairs, communion bread and wine, etc.
1688-1689, 1729-1730, 1755-1758, and 1773-1783.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Starston was in Depwade Registration District.

Description and Travel

Riches, Roy: My Village of Starston.
[ISBN 0950188107, 1969]
This is a link to an archived copy.
Riches, Roy: Oddments - An account of happenings in the Waveney Valley area
This is a link to an archived copy.
Riches, Roy: A life in Starston: memories 1909-1980.
This is a link to an archived copy.

Directories

Historical Geography

Starston is in Earsham Hundred.

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

History

Hopper, E.C.: Some Account of the Parish of Starston, Norfolk, compiled chiefly from the Ancient Registers by the Rector.
[Agas H. Goose, 1888]
[Facsimile reproduction on CD, 2008?]

Land and Property

1761: Land usage: Farmers, crops and acreages.
1801: Beating the bounds of the parish: Names of the people who took part.

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Starston became part of Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham Market (Pulham St Mary Magdalen).
Overseers' Rates
Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1747, 1761, 1801, and 1815.
Overseers' Payments, or Disbursements
Weekly payments to the poor, payments in sickness, payments to tradesmen, etc.
1779, 1804-1806, and 1806-1807.

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 51 77 417

1811 52 69 418

1821 56 82 437

1831 82 89 449

1841 91 -- 482

1851 92 -- 485

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 103   -- 481

1871 103 103 492

1881 111 111 510

1891 116 116 516

1901 111 111 493

1911   -- 106 444

Voting Registers

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