Hide

Foulsham

hide
Hide

"FOULSHAM is a small but well-built town, pleasantly situated on the East Norfolk Extension Railway, 8 miles S.E. of Fakenham, 5 miles W.N.W. of Reepham, and 18 miles N.W. of Norwich. Its parish is in Aylsham union and county court district, Norwich bankruptcy district, Eynsford petty sessional division and hundred, Reepham polling district of North Norfolk, Sparham rural deanery, and Norwich archdeaconry. It had 950 inhabitants in 1881 living on 3226 acres, and has a rateable value of £6217. . . . The present CHURCH (Holy Innocents) was probably founded by Sir Robert Morley about the middle of the 14th century, as the lower windows of the chancel, the porch, and other portions are in the style which prevailed at that period; but the greater part of the building is of Late Perpendicular architecture, and appears to have been built by one of the Lords Morley about 1489, and restored to its original form after the great fire in 1770. It is a large and handsome edifice, comprising nave with aisles, chancel, and south porch. . . . The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £27 14s. 9½d., has 22A. 3R. 15P. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £780, awarded in 1840 in lieu of tithes. Lord Hastings is patron, and the Rev. Charles Henry Frost, B.A., is incumbent. There is a spacious residence, which was considerably enlarged and improved in 1862. The Baptist chapel was built in 1826, and the Primitive Methodists chapel in 1871." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Ann Duncan]

Hide
topup

Census

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses

topup

Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Sparham, 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 the Holy Innocents.
topup

Church History

Church of the Holy Innocents
Description and pictures.
topup

Civil Registration

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

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration

You can see pictures of Foulsham which are provided by:

topup

Gazetteers

topup

Historical Geography

Foulsham is in Eynsford Hundred.

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

History

Quarles, Thomas
The history and antiquities of Foulsham in Norfolk.
[London: Cundall, 1842]
topup

Land & Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
Statement of claims: Foulsham (82) and Themelthorpe (20).
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1811.
[1811]
Great Britain: Statute
Foulsham and Themelthorpe Inclosure Act, 1811.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Foulsham and Themelthorpe, in the county of Norfolk: 11th April 1811.
[1811]

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

topup

Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG032249 (Lat/Lon: 52.783714, 1.011771), Foulsham which are provided by:

topup

Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • After 1834 Foulsham became part of the Aylsham Union, and the workhouses were at Buxton and Oulton. These were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham in 1849.
topup

Population