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Weybourne is about 4 miles N.E. of Holt.
The name may also be spelled Weybourn, Weyborne, Weyborn, Wayborne, Wayborn, etc.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Holt (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Weybourne.
See Thornage

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Holt, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
There was also a priory.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Services, etc.
Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
Fairweather, Francis Harold: The Augustinian Priory of Weybourne, Norfolk.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.24, part 3, 1932]
Jessopp, Augustus: Weybourne Priory.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.10, 1888]
Linnell, Charles Lawrence Scruton: Weybourne Priory and Parish Church.
[Weybourne, The Church, 1990]
Manning, Charles Robertson: Weyborne [sic] Church and Priory.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.10, 1888]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Archdeacons' Transcripts: Baptisms 1729-1812, Marriages 1729-1812 and Burials 1729-1811.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
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), Weybourne was in Erpingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Weybourne Railway Station: Description, history and pictures.
Weybourne Post Mill: Description and map.
Weybourne Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Weybourne Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Funnell, Barry: Weybourne Watermill.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.3, no.4, 1984]

Directories

Historical Geography

Weybourne is in Holt hundred.

History

Bolding, William J.J.: Notice of an ancient potter's kiln discovered in the parish of Weybourne, in the hundred of Holt.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.5, 1859]
Brooks, Peter F.: Weybourne: Peaceful mirror of a turbulent past.
[ISBN 0946148058, North Walsham, Poppyland Publishing, 1984]
Harrod, Henry: On the Weybourne Pits.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.3, 1852]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military History

Weybourne Military Camp: At Muckleburgh Hill
Bartram, Len: RAF Langham Norfolk with RAF Weybourne: A brief history, 1940-1958.
[Melton Constable, 1999]

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Weybourne became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.

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	43	--	240
1811	36	45	230
1821	39	54	230
1831	48	55	273
1841	63	--	311
1851	68	--	301

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	69	--	285
1871	67	68	285
1881	58	58	232
1891	68	68	287
1901	72	72	286
1911	--	87	330

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 the parishes of Weybourne, Salthouse, and Cley-next-the-Sea is attributed to the fact that the return for 1851 included a large number of labourers who were engaged in embanking a tract of marsh land."

Voting Registers

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