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Field Dalling

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"FIELD-DALLING, a village and parish, 5 miles W. of Holt, has 403 souls, and about 1,600 acres of land, belonging to the Rev. W. Upjoin [sic], Messrs. John Sayers, (lord of the manor) E.B. Manning, W.L. Rix, and several smaller owners. The CHURCH (St. Andrew,) has a tower and five bells, and the living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £5 8s. 1d., in the patronage of the Rev. Arthur Bellman, and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Upjoin [sic], A.M." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

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See also Wood Dalling.

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Holt, 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 Andrew.
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Church History

Church of St Andrew
Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew (this is a link to an archived copy)
Description, history and pictures.
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Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Marriages
These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Church Ornaments
Bibles, bells, gowns, silver, etc, in 1764.

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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), Field Dalling was in Walsingham Registration District.

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Description & Travel

Field Dalling Post Mill
Description and map.
Field Dalling Holt Road Mill
Description and map.
Field Dalling Tower Mill
Description, history and map.

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Field Dalling is in North Greenhoe Hundred.

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

Blomefield: Field Dalling (this is a link to an archived copy)
From "A Topographical History of Norfolk".
History, church, lists of clergy, etc.
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Land & Property

Great Britain: Statute
Cley-next-the-Sea and Field Dalling Inclosure Act, 1808.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Cley next the Sea and Field Dalling, in the county of Norfolk.
[1808]

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG008391 (Lat/Lon: 52.912008, 0.985334), Field Dalling 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 56 67 260
1811 66 79 296
1821 53 75 322
1831 89 90 400
1841 88 -- 403
1851 91 -- 404
Year   Inhabited
Houses
Families Population
1861 84 -- 342
1871 83 89 341
1881 82 82 330
1891 80 80 346
1901 79 79 325
1911 -- 76 280

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 Little Marsh."