Norfolk: Stoke Ferry
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Stoke Ferry is about 9 miles south west of Swaffham.
Cemeteries
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Census
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Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Fincham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery both before and after
this date.
- The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
Church Records
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Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Stoke Ferry was in
Downham Registration District.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
- Wissey Valley Web Pages
- Including Wereham, Wretton, West Dereham, Boughton, Stoke Ferry
and Whittington in the Wissey Valley in West Norfolk.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
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Historical Geography
Stoke Ferry is in Clackclose Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Clackclose Hundred
- Description of Clackclose Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
History
- Coates, Doris E.
- Stoke Ferry: the Story of a Norfolk Village.
[ISBN 0950687103, Harpsden Press, 1980]
List of Names,
List of Photographs and
Bibliography.
Land and Property
Inclosure
- Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
- Statement of Claims: Stoke, otherwise Stoke Ferry (43),
Wretton (50), Wereham and hamlet of Winnold (55).
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1815.
[1816]
- Great Britain: Statute
- Stoke Ferry and other parishes Inclosure Act, 1815.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Stoke otherwise
Stoke Ferry, Wretton, Wereham, and hamlet of Winnold, in the
county of Norfolk: 14th June 1815.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1815]
[London, G. White, 1815]
Drainage
- Great Britain: Statute
- Stoke Ferry and other parishes drainage act, 1771.
An act for draining and preserving certain fen lands and low
grounds in the parishes of Stoke Ferry, Northwold, Wretten,
Wereham, West Dereham and Roxham, in the county of Norfolk.
[1771]
- Great Britain: Statute
- Fenland Drainage Act, 1814.
An act for more effectually draining and preserving certain
fen lands, and low grounds, in the parishes of Stoke Ferry,
Northwold, Wretton, Wereham, West Dereham, Roxham, Fordham,
Denver, Downham Market, Wimbotsham, and Stow Bardolph, in the
county of Norfolk: 28th June 1814.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1814]
[London, J. Dorington, 1814]
- Great Britain: Statute
- Stoke Ferry and other parishes drainage act, 1834.
An act for more effectually draining and preserving certain fen
lands and low grounds in the parishes of Stoke Ferry, Northwold,
Wretton, Wereham, West Dereham, Roxham, Fordham, Denver, Downham
Market, Wimbotsham, and Stow Bardolph, in the county of Norfolk:
16th June 1834.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1834]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
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Names, Personal
- Helsham, Crowe, etc.
- See Norfolk People and Families
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 | 70 | 100 | 504 |
1811 | 105 | 111 | 557 |
1821 | 116 | 160 | 703 |
1831 | 139 | 139 | 706 |
1841 | 139 | -- | 663 |
1851 | 166 | -- | 820 |
|
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1861 | 175 | -- | 791 |
1871 | 170 | 176 | 706 |
1881 | 156 | 158 | 684 |
1891 | 161 | 167 | 724 |
1901 | 150 | 151 | 607 |
1911 | -- | 162 | 652 |
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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.
Voting Registers
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