Norfolk: East Walton

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East Walton is about 9 miles E.S.E. of King's Lynn.
See also West Walton.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary: Pictures of the church.
Church of St Mary: Services, etc.
Daubeney, Andrew Robert Vaughan: Gayton Thorpe with East Walton, Norfolk: notes and sketches of the churches.
[Norwich, Goose and Son, 1922]
Chapel of St Andrew: Description and pictures.

Church Records

Marriages 1560-1837: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 10.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
Extracts from the parish registers: Mr Denton, the curate, and his sisters.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), East Walton was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.

Description and Travel

East Walton: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

East Walton is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

History

Daubeney, Andrew Robert Vaughan: 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
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

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 single 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.

Voting Registers

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