Norfolk: Thornage

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Thornage is about 3 miles S.W. of Holt.

Cemeteries

Rye, Walter (editor): The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Holt, in the county of Norfolk, collected by Walton N. Dew.
(Parishes include: Bale, Bayfield, Blakeney, Bodham, Briningham, Brinton, Briston, Burgh Parva, Cley-next-the-Sea, Edgefield, Glandford, Gunthorpe, Hempstead, Holt, Hunworth, Kelling, Langham, Letheringsett, Melton Constable, Morston, Salthouse, Saxlingham, Sharrington, Stody, Swanton Novers, Thornage, Weybourne, Wiveton).
[Norwich, Goose, 1885]
Transcription of the entries. This is a link to an archived copy.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Holt, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description, history and pictures.

Church Records

Parish Registers: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Archdeacon's Transcripts: Gunton (Bapt 1732-1811, Mar 1732-1810, Bur 1732-1810),
Sustead (Bapt 1725-1811, Mar 1725-1812, Bur 1726-1811),
and Thornage (Bapt 1732-1811, Mar 1732-1810, Bur 1732-1810).
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Vol NFK038 (fiche), 199x]
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), Thornage was in Erpingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Thornage Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Thornage: Description and pictures.

Gazetteers and Directories

Thornage is in Holt hundred.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Thornage became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.

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 45 52 221

1811 36 55 252

1821 59 61 264

1831 76 78 332

1841 77 -- 325

1851 78 -- 349

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 83 -- 358

1871 82 90 344

1881 72 72 327

1891 78 81 335

1901 86 86 370

1911 -- 88 344

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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