Norfolk: Weasenham All Saints

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Weasenham All Saints is about 8 miles S.W. of Fakenham.
It is also called Upper Weasenham.
See also Weasenham St Peter.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brisley, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church Records

Parish Registers: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
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), Weasenham All Saints was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Gazetteers and Directories

Weasenham All Saints is in Launditch hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (39): Weasenham All Saints, Weasenham Saint Peter, and Wellingham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1806.
[1807]
Great Britain: Statute: Weasenham and Wellingham Land-Allotment Act, 1806.
An act for allotting lands in the parishes of Weasenham All Saints, Weasenham Saint Peter, and Wellingham, in the county of Norfolk.
[1806]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Weasenham All Saints became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.
Removal Orders 1601-2.

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 31 45 207

1811 46 51 245

1821 58 59 284

1831 64 65 313

1841 69 -- 363

1851 72 -- 363

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 76 -- 360

1871 84 93 359

1881 84 94 364

1891 78 79 324

1901 73 73 264

1911 -- 81 336

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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