Norfolk: Surlingham

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Surlingham is about 5 miles E. by S. of Norwich.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.
There was also a church dedicated to St Saviour.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description, history and pictures.
Eleven Churches, a Guide to the Bramerton Group, Norfolk.: See Hellington
W.L.R.: St Mary's Church Surlingham: a brief guide (with short notes about the village and ruins of St Saviour's).
[Surlingham, The Church, 1997]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in 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), Surlingham was in Henstead Registration District.

Description and Travel

Surlingham Village: Description, history, pictures, etc.
Surlingham Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
Points, Jack: Surlingham: A South Rivers Village.
[1990]

Gazetteers and Directories

Surlingham is in Henstead hundred.

Land and Property

Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: The Ferry House, Surlingham: a history.
[2006]
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: The History of the Manor of Surlingham Earlhams cum Little Breech in Rockland.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1989]

Maps

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

Names, Personal

Ellis, Ted: See Norfolk People and Families.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Surlingham became part of the Henstead Union, and the workhouse was at Swainsthorpe.

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 46 64 308

1811 46 71 318

1821 52 83 403

1831 55 82 399

1841 97 -- 446

1851 99 -- 467

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 103   -- 465

1871 108 112 497

1881 111 115 486

1891 102 105 409

1901 100 100 371

1911   -- 100 372

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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