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West Barsham

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"BARSHAM, (WEST) a small parish in GALLOW HUNDRED, three-and-a-half miles N. by W. of Fakenham . . . It has 86 souls, and 1520 acres of land, in four farms, belonging to Capt. Charles Morley Balders, and occupied by John Ellis, Thos. Merrison, W. Nurse, and John Waddingham. Capt. Balders is impropriator, and also patron of the church. The vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £5. 12s. 1d., and in 1835, at £155, is enjoyed by the Rev. Robert Leeder." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

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The name may also be spelled West Basham.
See also East Barsham and North Barsham.

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Burnham, 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 the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts
Baptisms 1756-1811, Marriages 1774-1810 and Burials 1774-1809.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Marriages 1813-1837
See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 6.
Marriages
These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

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Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), West Barsham was in Walsingham Registration District.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

West Barsham is in Gallow Hundred.

Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for Gallow Hundred
Description of Gallow Hundred
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF904338 (Lat/Lon: 52.868249, 0.827836), West Barsham which are provided by:

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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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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 -- --   36
1811   8   8   50
1821 11 11   66
1831 15 16 101
1841 14 --   86
1851 16 --   96
Year   Inhabited
Houses
Families Population
1861 17 --   92
1871 16 16   84
1881 22 28   99
1891 21 22 104
1901 20 20 102
1911 -- 18 101

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.