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"CAWSTON is a considerable village and parish, 2 miles E. of Reepham, and 4 miles W.S.W. of Aylsham, comprising 1130 inhabitants, 4296A. of land (only 3805A. assessable,) and the scattered hamlets of Eastgate, Southgate and Woodrow, the latter of which has a good inn on the Norwich and Holt road, 1 mile E. of the village. Three FAIRS are held here annually on Feb. 1st, and the last Wednesdays in April and August; the latter of which is a large sheep fair. W.E.L. Bulwer, Esq., owns a great part of the soil, and is lord of the manor, which he holds in free soccage of the Duchy of Lancaster . . . The Church (St. Agnes,) is a noble Gothic structure of freestone, in the crucifix form, with a fine square tower, containing six bells . . . The Rectory, valued in the King's Book at £15. 13s. 11d, is in the gift of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. A.E.L. Bulwer, B.A., who has a yearly rent of £1023, awarded in 1845, in lieu of tithes." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Richard Johns]
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It includes the hamlets of Eastgate, Southgate, and Woodrow.
See also Caston.
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Not all memorials may be included, even when a transcription is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be read or photographed.
- Church of St Agnes, the Aylsham Road Cemetery, and other memorials See Collections.
- Monumental inscriptions, name index, and photographs of gravestones, including the illegible ones, with plans of the churchyard and the cemetery. Produced by Cawston Historical Society.
- Church of St Agnes
- Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
- Aylsham Road Cemetery
- Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the cemetery.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
St Agnes, Cawston, Church of England |
Cemetery, Cawston, Cemetery |
- 1841: Surname List Part 1 and Part 2
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
St Agnes, Cawston, Church of England |
Chapel, Cawston, Independent |
Cemetery, Cawston, Cemetery |
- 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 Agnes.
- Church of St Agnes
- Services, map, parochial church council, etc.
- Church of St Agnes
- Services, etc.
- Church of St Agnes
- Description and pictures.
- Ames, E.F.W.
- Notes on the Church of St Agnes, Cawston.
[Cawston, The Church, 1962] - Kett, John
- St Agnes Church, Cawston: Notes on the history of the church.
[Cawston, The Church, 1970s] - Wilkins, Felicity
- St Agnes, Cawston.
[Cawston, The Church, 1982]
- Church of St Agnes (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Wall paintings in the church.
- Bulwer, James
- Notice of a mural painting discovered in the south transept of Cawston Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.3, 1852]
- Cawston Methodist Church. Browse Collections for Churches and Chapels.
- Description and picture.
- Cawston Wesleyan Reform Church. Browse Collections for Churches and Chapels.
- Description, pictures, reminiscences, etc.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
- 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), Cawston was in Aylsham Registration District.
- Cawston Parish
- Description, history, pictures, parish council, churches, maps, organisations, etc.
There is a lot of information here. - Cawston Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
- Kett, John
- Yesterday's Children: Tales of Cawston's past.
[Cawston Village Hall, 1980] - Cawston Smock Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Cawston Sygate Black and White Mills - Browse items and use search for "Mills"
- Description and pictures.
- Cawston Sygate Black Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Cawston Sygate White Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1850: Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Cawston to another place.
Cawston 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
- Rye, Walter
- An Account of the Church and Parish of Cawston, in the county of Norfolk.
[Norwich, Agas H. Goose, 1898]
- Map of Cawston. Browse Collections and select one.
- Streets, buildings, etc.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG136238 (Lat/Lon: 52.769903, 1.164463), Cawston 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.
- War Memorials and Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2, and other wars.
- After 1834 Cawston 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.
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.
- 1861 Census
- "The decrease of population in the parishes of Themelthorpe, Wood-Dalling, Reepham, Cawston, and Corpusty is mainly attributed to the migration of labourers to other parts."
- 1901 Census
- "Including Eastgate and Southgate."
- Cawston Schools Browse Collections for Schools.
- Description, history and pictures.
- Cawston Historical Society
- Meetings, heritage centre, archives, etc.