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"MIDDLETON is a pleasant village on an elevated part of the Swaffham road, 4 miles S.S.E. of Lynn. Its parish comprises the scattered hamlets of Fair-green, Tower-end, Blackborough-end, and Hollow-end, and contains 867 inhabitants, and about 3,000 acres of land, rising boldly from picturesque vales of the Esk rivulet on the north, and the river Nar on the south. It is well enclosed and drained, (partly under acts passed in 1814 and '15,) and has in one part a quarry of fine large car-stone. Thomas Wythe, Esq., of Middleton Cottage, near Fair-green, owns the greater part of the soil, and is lord of the Manor of Middleton, in which are many copyholds, subject to arbitrary fines. He is also lessee lord of the Bishop of Norwich's Manor of Blackborough . . . . The CHURCH, (Virgin Mary,) has a square tower with one bell, and in its windows are some fragments of the arms of Lord Scales, in stained glass. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £7, and now possessing about 12 acres of glebe. The Very Rev. Peter Scrimshire Wood, LL.D., Dean of Middleton [sic, see note below], in Yorkshire, is patron and incumbent." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- Cemetery of the Church of St Mary
- Names on gravestones.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 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 Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
- The parish church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
- Church of the Virgin Mary
- Description, minister, services, etc.
- Methodist Church at Blackborough End
- Description and pictures.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms.
- Marriages 1560-1839
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 10.
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
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), Middleton was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.
- Middleton Blackborough End Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Middleton East Winch Road Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Middleton Mill Farm North Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Middleton Mill Farm South Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- 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)
- 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 Middleton to another place.
Middleton is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.
- Yates, E.M.
- The Dispute of the Salt Fen.
(Thomas Thoresby, 16th century).
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.38, 1983]
- Middleton Castle
- Picture, description and map.
- Middleton Towers
- Picture, description and map.
- Steer, Francis William
- Middleton Tower, Norfolk: the home of Mr and Mrs T.H. Barclay: a guide and short history.
[Chichester, Moore and Tillyer, 1961] - Great Britain: Statute
- Middleton Inclosure Act, 1814.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Middleton, in the county of Norfolk: 18th May 1814.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1814] - Drainage
- See East Winch.
- and nearby places.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF663161 (Lat/Lon: 52.717111, 0.460138), Middleton 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 1834 Middleton became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.
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 Blackborough End, Fair Green, and Tower End."