Norfolk: Westfield

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Westfield is about 2 miles S. of East Dereham.

Cemeteries

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: St Andrew's Church, Westfield, Norfolk: Memorial Inscriptions.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 1998]

Census

1841-1891:
     Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
     The Parish of Westfield, Norfolk: Census Returns 1841-1891, with index.
     [Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 1998]
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew: Services, picture, etc.

Church Records

Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: 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), Westfield was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.

Description and Travel

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Directories

Historical Geography

Westfield is in Mitford hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims: Yaxham, Westfield, Whinbergh, and Garvestone.
100 claims. Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1810.
[Dereham, W. Barker, 1810]
Great Britain: Statute: Yaxham and other parishes Inclosure Act, 1810.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Yaxham, Westfield, Whinbergh and Garvestone, in the county of Norfolk.
[Independently printed edition of the act, 1810]
Great Britain: Inclosure Commissioners: Yaxham, Westfield, Whinbergh, and Garvestone Inclosure.
Extracts from "An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Yaxham, Westfield, Whinbergh, and Garvestone, in the County of Norfolk", 29 September 1812.
[Dereham, Barker, printer, 1812]

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.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Westfield became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

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 20 23 111

1811 19 29 149

1821 20 30 165

1831 20 30 127

1841 23 -- 138

1851 35 -- 143

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 31 -- 124

1871 28 29 100

1881 27 27 112

1891 28 28 119

1901 24 26 103

1911 -- 25   82

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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