Norfolk: Welborne
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Welborne is about 11 miles W. of Norwich.
The name may also be spelled as Welbourne.
See also Weybourne.
Cemeteries
Not all memorials may be included, even when a transcription is marked
as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be read
or photographed.
- Church of All Saints
- Transcriptions and photographs of memorials.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both
before and after this date.
- The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Church of All Saints
- Services, etc.
- Church of All Saints
- Pictures of the church.
Church Records
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's
Marriage Registers.
- Archdeacons' Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts
- Baptisms,
Marriages and
Burials.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Welborne was in
Forehoe Registration District.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
- Welborne
- Description, pictures, etc.
- Brandon Parva, Coston, Runhall and Welborne Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, newsletters, etc.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
Welborne is in Forehoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Forehoe Hundred
- Description of Forehoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
History
- Esberey, Joy; and Baxter, Brenda
- Welborne: a place of no importance.
[Welborne History Project, 2000]
Land and Property
See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
- Roll of Honour
- World War 1.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
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 | 21 | 25 | 148 |
1811 | 27 | 27 | 149 |
1821 | 23 | 27 | 166 |
1831 | 28 | 44 | 231 |
1841 | 42 | -- | 234 |
1851 | 50 | -- | 265 |
|
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1861 | 41 | -- | 200 |
1871 | 43 | 50 | 157 |
1881 | 42 | 45 | 190 |
1891 | 36 | 36 | 155 |
1901 | 35 | 35 | 120 |
1911 | -- | 36 | 154 |
|
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.
- 1861 Census
- "The decrease of population in Welborne parish is attributed
to the removal of dilapidated houses."
- 1901 Census
- "Including Welborne Common."
Voting Registers
See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers
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March 2016