Norfolk: Barnham Broom

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Barnham Broom is about 10 miles W. of Norwich.
The name may also be spelled Barnham Broome.
It includes the hamlet of Bickerston, or Bixton.
See also Broome.

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.

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: Memorial Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of St Peter and St Paul, Barnham Broom, Norfolk.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2013]

Census

1891: Surname List

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 St Peter and St Paul.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter and St Paul: Description and pictures.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Services, history of the church, etc.
Church of St Andrew at Bickerston (or Bixton): Description and pictures of the ruins.

Church Records

Archdeacons' 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), Barnham Broom was in Forehoe Registration District.

Description and Travel

Barnham Broom Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
Barnham Broom Post Mill: Description and map.
Barnham Broom Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Barnham Broom Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Barnham Broom 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

Land and Property

Great Britain: Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims: Barnham Broom (19) and Bickerstone (6).
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1811.
[1811]
Great Britain: Statute: Barnham Broom and Bickerstone Inclosure Act, 1811.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Barnham Broom, and parish or hamlet of Bickerstone, in the county of Norfolk: 4th April 1811.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1811]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1776 Barnham Broom became part of the Forehoe Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Wicklewood.
Charities
Summary published by Zachary Clark in 1811

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	40	67	307
1811	40	71	373
1821	43	80	388
1831	89	99	463
1841	98	--	494
1851	106	--	511

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	110	---	481
1871	106	115	469
1881	106	122	442
1891	97	99	412
1901	85	85	357
1911	---	85	348

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.

1901 Census: "Including Pockthorpe and Rust's Green."

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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