Norfolk: Winfarthing

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Winfarthing is about 4 miles N. of Diss.

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

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

Church History

Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Services, etc.

Church Records

Campling, Arthur: Index of Marriages, Winfarthing, 1614-1736.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s]
Parish Register Transcripts: List of Surnames of People who come from other Parishes
(these people are often known as "Strays")
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Folland, Heywood Gerard Benson: Churchwardens' Accounts: Winfarthing Parish Books.
[Norwich, Bishop of Norwich's Committee for Books and Documents, 1968]

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1902 (and for the censuses of 1851 to 1901), Winfarthing was in Guiltcross Registration District.

This district was abolished on 1st April 1902 and, from then until 1930, Winfarthing was in Depwade Registration District for civil registration.

Description and Travel

Winfarthing Smock Mill: Description, history and picture.

Gazetteers and Directories

Winfarthing is in Diss hundred.

History

Fitch, Alan John: Winfarthing: the village - the church - the chapel.
[ISBN 0947843051, Winfarthing, Farthing Press, 1991]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Winfarthing Inclosure Act, 1781.
An act for dividing and inclosing the Lammas meadows, heaths, commons and waste lands within the parish of Winfarthing, in the county of Norfolk.
[1781]
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Winfarthing Fighting Cocks: a history.
[2006]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Winfarthing became part of the Guiltcross Union, and the workhouse was at Kenninghall.

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   87 114 565

1811   91 118 588

1821 110 149 683

1831 135 142 703

1841 143 -- 696

1851 147 -- 691

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 146 -- 615

1871 138 153 597

1881 141 157 604

1891 130 130 543

1901 118 118 461

1911 -- 114 397

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: "GUILTCROSS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes of this District is attributed partly to the migration of labourers to towns and manufacturing districts. In some parishes it has also been consequent upon the failure of hand-loom hemp-cloth weaving."
1901 Census: "Including Short Green."

Schools

Winfarthing School: Picture of the school.

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