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Saxthorpe

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"SAXTHORPE, 5 miles N.W. of Aylsham, on the north side of the Bure, has 342 souls, and 2073 acres of land, of which 870A., with the manorial rights, were purchased about 25 years ago, by the Earl of Orford, of the Elvin family. The rest of the soil belongs to other proprietors. Pembroke College, Cambridge, has the appropriation of the rectory, and the patronage of the vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £4. 13s. 4d., and in 1831, at £144. It is enjoyed by the Rev. Samuel Ashby, M.A., and was augmented with £400 by W. Trolope, and Queen Anne's Bounty, in 1739.  . . . The Church (St. Andrew,) was built about 1490; previous to which, here was St. Dunstan's Chapel, founded by Amer de Valence, in 1313, on the site still called Chapel close. In 1666, the Rev. John Vaughan, a late vicar, left £260 to the Boy's Hospital, in Norwich, and directed that half the boys admitted in consideration thereof, should be sent from Saxthorpe." [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Richard Jones]

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Ingworth, 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
Minister, services, description, picture, etc.
Church of St Andrew
Picture of the church.
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Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms 1813-1880
Archdeacons' Transcripts
Baptisms 1709-1805, Marriages 1709-1802 and Burials 1709-1805.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Marriages
These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

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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), Saxthorpe was in Aylsham Registration District.

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Description & Travel

Wilson, Janet
The Heritage of Corpusty and Saxthorpe.
[North Walsham, Rounce and Wortley, 1990]
Wilson, Janet; and Brewster, Anne
Saxthorpe and Corpusty: twin villages and their churches on the River Bure.
[Norwich, Gallpen Press, 1988]

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Saxthorpe is in South Erpingham Hundred.

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

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG116305 (Lat/Lon: 52.830047, 1.139315), Saxthorpe which are provided by:

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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • After 1834 Saxthorpe 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.
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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 50 66 316
1811 63 70 316
1821 74 80 342
1831 80 81 362
1841 73 -- 342
1851 76 -- 350
Year   Inhabited
Houses
Families Population
1861 70 -- 328
1871 65 67 289
1881 68 69 331
1891 67 73 278
1901 70 74 246
1911 -- 70 281

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.