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"PLUMSTEAD, 4 miles S.E. of Holt, has in its parish 190 souls, and 1273A. of land. J.T. Mott, Esq., owns most of the soil, and is lord of the manor. The Church (St. Michael,) is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £5. 3s. 4d., and having 11A. 2R. of glebe, and a yearly rent of £185, awarded in 1839 in lieu of tithes. The Queen, as Duchess of Lancaster, is patroness, and the Rev. Arthur Langton, of Hempstead-with-Eccles, is the incumbent." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Plumstead is also called Plumstead by Holt.
See also Great Plumstead and Little Plumstead.
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Repps, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Michael.
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Baptisms 1726-1811, Marriages 1732-1811 and Burials 1726-1812.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Plumstead was in Erpingham Registration District.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Plumstead to another place.
Plumstead is in North Erpingham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for North Erpingham Hundred
- Description of North Erpingham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG132349 (Lat/Lon: 52.869441, 1.166782), Plumstead which are provided by:
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- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Plumstead became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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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 Plumstead Green."