Norfolk: Taverham

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Taverham is about 5 miles N.W. of Norwich.
It is also the name of the hundred, the deanery, and the petty sessional division, so a reference to Taverham could mean this parish, or this area of Norfolk.

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Taverham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Edmund.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Edmund: Description, minister, services, picture, etc.
Church of St Edmund: Description, minister, services, history, pictures, etc.
Church of St Edmund: Pictures of the church.
Sims, Judith M.: St Edmund's Church, Taverham: a guide.
[Norwich, Interprint, 2000?]

Church Records

Campling, Arthur: Index of Marriages, Taverham, 1720-1753.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Sims, Judith M.; and Palgrave-Moore, Patrick: Taverham Church of England Parish Registers, 1601-1837; transcribed and indexed.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, 1986]
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), Taverham was in St Faith's Registration District.

Description and Travel

Drayton, Taverham and Thorpe Marriott: Description, history, events, churches, pictures, businesses, etc.
Taverham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Taverham is in Taverham Hundred.

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

History

Johnson, Brent: Taverham cartridge factory.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.8, no.2, 2007]
Mason, Joseph: Words on Paper - History of Taverham.
[2005]
Norgate, Thomas Bladwell: A history of Taverham from early times to 1969.
[Taverham, 1969]

Land and Property

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Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Taverham became part of the St Faith's Union, and the workhouse was at Horsham St Faith.

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	17	33	201
1811	17	31	191
1821	16	35	192
1831	16	37	191
1841	42	--	211
1851	39	--	207

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	40	--	212
1871	41	41	222
1881	43	44	207
1891	46	46	222
1901	42	42	169
1911	--	45	198

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.

1851 Census: "In Drayton an increase of population has been caused by an influx of labourers employed at the paper-mills in the adjoining Parish of Taverham, where there are few cottages."
1861 Census: "ST. FAITHS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the District of St. Faiths is attributed to the migration of labourers and their families to the manufacturing districts."
1911 Census: Out of the population of 198, 18 were in a large establishment or institution. This might have been Taverham Hall.

Schools

Beer, Peter J.: Where elephants nest: portrait of a school, Taverham Hall, Norwich.
[ISBN 0948069155, Norwich, Coorlea Publishing, Taverham Hall Educational Trust, 1996]

Voting Registers

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