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Horsford

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"HORSFORD, on the Holt road, 4 miles N.N.W. of Norwich, has in its parish 593 souls, and 4177 acres of land, of which only 1203 acres are titheable, and 3770 assessable to poor-rates, &c. About 600A. form a steril [sic] heath, partially cultivated and planted, and enclosed in 1802, when 208A. 3R. 12P. was set out as a Fuel Allotment. Sir Thomas B. Lennard, Bart., is lord of the manor, (fines certain.) Admiral Stephens, Viscount Ranelagh, and many smaller owners, have estates here. The ancient lords had a castle here, and there are still some traces of its foundations and moat. The Church (All Saints,) is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £4. 5s. 2d., and augmented, in 1793, with £200 of Queen Anne's Bounty. Admiral Stephens is impropriator and patron, and the Rev. O. Mathias, M.A., incumbent." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

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Cemeteries

Church of All Saints
Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
Not all gravestones may be included, even when a site is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be photographed.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

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Census

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Taverham, 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 All Saints.
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Church History

Church of All Saints
Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints
Services, etc.
 
Methodist Church
Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
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Church Records

Marriages
These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

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

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration

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Description & Travel

Horsford
Description, history, organisations, pictures, etc.
Horsford Parish Council
Meetings, minutes, councillors, etc.
Horsford All Saints V C Middle School
Horsford: an album of early pictures.
[Norwich, Norfolk County Services, 1990s]
Horsford Smock Mill
Description, history and map.
Horsford Tower Mill
Description, history and pictures.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

You can see pictures of Horsford which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Horsford is in Taverham Hundred.

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

Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
The Crown Tavern and Restaurant, Horsford: a history.
[Unpublished typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1989]
Horsford Castle (this is a link to an archived copy)
Description, history and pictures.
Horsford Castle
Description, map and picture.
Barrett-Lennard, Thomas
Some account of the Manor or Castle of Horsford.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.15, 1904]
Barrett-Lennard, Thomas
Two hundred years of estate management at Horsford during the 17th and 18th centuries.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.20, 1921]
Inclosure
See Horsham St Faith.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG190163 (Lat/Lon: 52.699898, 1.240425), Horsford which are provided by:

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Names, Personal

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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
1801  59  91470
1811  57  97483
1821  63110512
1831119119543
1841127--593
1851150--688
Year  Inhabited
Houses
FamiliesPopulation
1861155---665
1871155161618
1881160166697
1891165169740
1901165165691
1911---173716

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."
1901 Census
"Including St. Helena."