Norfolk: East Walton

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East Walton is about 7 miles north west of Swaffham.
See also West Walton, which is about 17 miles away.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Lynn, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church Records

East Walton Marriages 1560-1837: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 10.

Gazetteers and Directories

East Walton is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

History

Daubeney, Andrew R.V.: Gayton Thorpe otherwise Aleswey Thorpe with East Walton, Norfolk: some odds and ends.
[King's Lynn, George R. Orwell, 1924]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Freebridge Lynn Registration District, 1836
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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 East Walton became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.

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 35 35 151

1811 20 32 174

1821 20 40 174

1831 37 42 220

1841 36 -- 196

1851 37 -- 202

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 36 -- 175

1871 38 42 160

1881 42 42 183

1891 42 42 174

1901 37 37 148

1911 -- 37 173

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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