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Pentney

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"PENTNEY is a large straggling village, in a low marshy situation, on the north side of the river Nar, 9 miles S.E. by E. of Lynn, and 6½ miles N.W. by W. of Swaffham. Its parish contains 592 inhabitants, and 2,534 acres of enclosed land, with a hungry, gravelly soil, extending about five miles in length and one in breadth, on the north side of the vale of the Nar, The Rev. Dr. Thackeray, of Cambridge, is lord of the manor, and owner of one-fourth of the soil; the rest belongs to a number of small copyholders and leaseholders, subject to small certain fines. . . . The CHURCH, (St. Mary Magdalen,) stands at the west end of the village, and is a curacy, certified at £20, and valued in 1831 at £60, being augmented from 1761 to 1816, with £800 of Queen Anne's bounty, laid out in 28 acres of land. The Rev. Robert Hankinson, of Walpole, is patron, and the Rev. Samuel Pearson, incumbent." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
  • The parish church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.
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Church History

Church of St Mary Magdalene
Minister, services, description, picture, etc.
Pentney Abbey (this is a link to an archived copy)
Description, history and pictures.
Pentney Priory
Description and history.
De Bootman, Michael
Pentney Abbey, 1075-1534.
[1980s]
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Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
Marriages 1731-1837
See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 10.
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), Pentney was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.

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Description & Travel

Pentney (this is a link to an archived copy)
Description, history, maps, Pentney Abbey, Church of St Mary Magdalene, census, local people, etc.
Pentney Smock Mill
Description and history.
Pentney Water Mill
Description, history and pictures.

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Pentney is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

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Land & Property

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Maps

 
and nearby places.

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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF724139 (Lat/Lon: 52.695269, 0.549058), Pentney 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   49 53 285
1811   45 61 269
1821   82 85 418
1831   85 88 480
1841 105 -- 592
1851 121 -- 624
Year   Inhabited
Houses
Families Population
1861 131 --- 642
1871 127 127 587
1881 117 117 534
1891 119 119 498
1901 107 107 387
1911 --- 109 406

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.