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"ECCLES parish, 2½ miles N.E. of East Harling, lies on the north side of the river Thet, and contains only 1630 acres of land, and 124 inhabitants. The soil belongs to the Earl of Albemarle, and Sir Thos. B. Beevor, Bart. The latter is lord of the manor and owner of the ancient Hall, which is occupied by Lady Flower, and occasionally by Sir James Flower, Bart., M.P., whose chief seats are Lobb Farm, Oxfordshire, and Woodford, Essex. The CHURCH (St. Mary,) has a small round tower and three bells, and is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £14. The glebe is 26A., and the tithes have been commuted for £250 per annum. Sir T.B. Beevor is patron, and the Rev. Richard Lubbock, M.A., incumbent. The former Bishops of the diocese had a seat here till the time of Henry VIII. A common was enclosed in 1812, and most of the waste lands have lately been planted." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pamela Littlefair]
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Eccles is about 8 miles N.W. of Diss.
See also Eccles by the Sea.
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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 Mary the Virgin
- Transcriptions and photographs of memorials.
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Transcriptions and photographs of memorials.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1841
- 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 Rockland, 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 Mary the Virgin.
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Pictures of the church.
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Services, etc.
- Cotton, Simon; and Tricker, Roy
- St Mary the Virgin, Eccles and All Saints, Wilby.
[Norfolk Churches Trust, 1970s]
- 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 1902 (and for the censuses of 1851 to 1901), Eccles was in Guiltcross Registration District.
This district was abolished on 1st April 1902 and, from then until 1930, Eccles was in Wayland Registration District for civil registration.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 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)
- 1933: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Eccles to another place.
Eccles is in Shropham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Shropham Hundred
- Description of Shropham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Street map of Eccles, Quidenham and Wilby
- Roads, buildings, etc.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TM019894 (Lat/Lon: 52.464952, 0.9713), Eccles which are provided by:
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- 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.
- Roll of Honour
- World War 1.
- Roll of Honour
- World War 1.
- After 1834 Eccles became part of the Guiltcross Union, and the workhouse was at Kenninghall.
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
- "GUILTCROSS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes of this District is attributed partly to the migration of labourers to towns and manufacturing districts. In some parishes it has also been consequent upon the failure of hand-loom hemp-cloth weaving."