Norfolk: Stiffkey

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Stiffkey is about 8 miles W.N.W. of Holt.
The name is sometimes pronounced as Stewkey.

Census

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Walsingham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. There was formerly another church dedicated to St Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St John the Baptist: Description and pictures.
Church of St John the Baptist: Description, history and pictures.

Church Records

Parish Registers: Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
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), Stiffkey was in Walsingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Stiffkey: Description and pictures.
Pictures of old Stiffkey: From the Frith Collection.
Stiffkey Mill: Description and pictures.
Sternberg, Joan: Don't tread on the Butterflies: memoirs of a childhood in Heacham and Stiffkey, 1912-1932.
[ISBN 0948400943, Dereham, Larks Press, 2000]

Gazetteers and Directories

Stiffkey is in North Greenhoe hundred.

History

Bradfer-Lawrence, Harry Lawrence: Stiffkey alias Stewkey.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology, vol.23, 1929]
Campbell, Linda: The women of Stiffkey.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1985]
Jones, Mrs Herbert: Stiffkey, a sketch.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology, vol.8, 1879]

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Names, Personal

Bacon: See Norfolk People and Families
Davidson: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Stiffkey became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and separate occupiers.

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801   43 43 334

1811   46 70 305

1821   78 78 350

1831   93 93 460

1841 103 -- 487

1851 106 -- 520

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 109   -- 513

1871 109 115 468

1881 107 109 434

1891   99 118 450

1901   99 100 429

1911   --   98 381

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.

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