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"BOWTHORPE parish, 3 miles W. by N. of Norwich, has only 34 inhabitants, and 600A. of land, all in one farm, belonging to R. Frank, Esq., and occupied by Mr. John Howlett. The CHURCH (St. Michael,) was unroofed in 1792, but much of the ruined walls still remain. The curacy, certified at £15, is consolidated with Earlham." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- 1891: Surname List for Bawburgh and Bowthorpe (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church was dedicated to St Michael, but it was in ruins in the 18th century.
There is now an ecumenical church centre.
- Bowthorpe Church Centre
- Ecumenical Church Centre.
Services, history, organisations, etc. - Church of St Michael
- Description and pictures of the ruins.
- Bowthorpe Church Centre
- Description and pictures.
- Bowthorpe Church Centre
- Services, etc.
- Beazley, Olwen; and Ayers, Brian S.
- Two Medieval Churches in Norfolk.
Excavations at St Martin at Palace Church, Norwich and St Michael's Church, Bowthorpe.
[ISBN 0905594339, Gressenhall, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service, East Anglian Archaeology report no.96, 2001]
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
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), Bowthorpe was in Forehoe Registration District.
- Bowthorpe News
- For Clover Hill, Chapel Break and Three Score.
- Simpson, Ray
- Bowthorpe: a community's beginnings.
[ISBN 0950850403, Norwich, Open Door Publications, 1982]
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Bowthorpe to another place.
Bowthorpe is in Forehoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Forehoe Hundred
- Description of Forehoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Jessopp, Augustus
- Bowthorpe Hall: a paper read at the excursion meeting, Sept. 20, 1877.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.8, 1879]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG179093 (Lat/Lon: 52.637438, 1.219566), Bowthorpe which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- 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.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1776 Bowthorpe became part of the Forehoe Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Wicklewood.
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.
- 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831 Censuses
- The figures are for Bawburgh with Bowthorpe.