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"BOOTON, a village and parish, 6 miles S.W. by W. of Aylsham, and 1½ miles E. by S. of Reepham, has 241 souls, and 1,011 acres of land, mostly the property of Hastings Elwin, Esq., the lord of the manor, and patron of the Church, (St. Michael,) which is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £7. 12s. 6d., and now enjoyed by the Rev. Caleb Elwin, of Melton Constable. The tithes have been commuted for £294. 10s. per annum. At the enclosure, in 1811, an allotment of 20A., was awarded to the poor, for fuel." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Richard Johns]

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Booton is about 12 miles N.W. of Norwich.
See also Beighton and Boughton.

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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 Michael the Archangel Booton, and St Nicholas Brandiston.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2009]
Church of St Michael the Archangel
Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Ingworth, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
    It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
  • The parish church is dedicated to St Michael the Archangel.
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Church History

Church of St Michael the Archangel
Description and pictures.
Church of St Michael the Archangel
Description and pictures of the stained glass windows.
Barnes, Anthony
Church of St Michael the Archangel, Booton.
[London, Churches Conservation Trust, 2007]
Elwin, F.
Notes on St Michael's church, Booton, Norfolk.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1936]
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Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages 1560-1812
See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 3.
Marriages
These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records

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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), Booton was in St Faith's Registration District.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration

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Description & Travel

Gray, Lorna
Fragments of a village life: Booton, 1900-2000.
[Booton, 2002]
Booton Post Mill
Description, history and pictures.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

You can see pictures of Booton which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Booton is in South Erpingham Hundred.

Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for South Erpingham Hundred
Description of South Erpingham Hundred
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
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Land & Property

Great Britain: Statute
Booton Inclosure Act, 1811.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Booton, in the county of Norfolk.
[1811]

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG111227 (Lat/Lon: 52.760658, 1.127214), Booton which are provided by:

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Military Records

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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
FamiliesPopulation
18013939169
18114141193
18214545204
18314651199
184152--241
185155--244
Year  Inhabited
Houses
FamiliesPopulation
186155--246
18715354209
18815357203
18915758251
19015051200
1911--54210

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
"ST. FAITHS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the District of St. Faiths is attributed to the migration of labourers and their families to the manufacturing districts."
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Schools

Gray, Lorna
The children of Booton at school between 1900-1905: Extracts from St Michael the Archangel monthly papers, by Rev. Whitwell Elwin.
[Booton, 2006]