Norfolk: Stoke Ferry

Cemeteries

Census

• 1891: Surname List

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.
• 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

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.

Description and Travel

Wissey Valley Web Pages

Including Wereham, Wretton, West Dereham, Boughton, Stoke Ferry and Whittington in the Wissey Valley in West Norfolk.

Directories

• 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
• 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
• 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Historical Geography

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]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps

Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Names, Personal

Helsham, Crowe, etc.

See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

• After 1834 Stoke Ferry became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was at Downham Market.

Population

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

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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July 2015