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Moulton St Mary

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"MOULTON village is scattered on a pleasant acclivity, 9 miles W. of Yarmouth, and includes within its parish 235 inhabitants, and about 1000 acres of land. Lady Cath. Melville owns the whole, except 200 acres, and is lady of the manor, impropriator, and patroness of the Church (St Mary,) which is a vicarage, valued in the King's Books at £5. 6s. 3d., and in 1831 at £185. It has 12A. of glebe, and £200 of Queen Anne's Bounty, obtained in 1775. The Rev. George Burgess is the incumbent. The Church Land consists of 3½ acres, given by Henry Palmer in 1523. The Poor's Allotment, 9A. 2R. 22P., was awarded at the enclosure in 1803, and is now let for £20." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Blofield, 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 Mary.
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Church History

Church of St Mary
Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary
Pictures of the church.
Church of St Mary (this is a link to an archived copy)
Paintings in the church.
Cotton, Simon
St Mary's Church, Moulton, Norfolk.
[London, Redundant Churches Fund, 1998]
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Church Records

Marriages
These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in 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), Moulton St Mary was in Blofield Registration District.

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Moulton St Mary is in Walsham Hundred.

Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for Walsham Hundred
Description of Walsham Hundred
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
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Land & Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
Statement of claims (64): Beighton, Lingwood and Moulton.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1801.
[1801]
Great Britain: Statute
Beighton, Lingwood and Moulton Inclosure Act, 1801.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing the commons and waste grounds, in the parishes of Beighton, Lingwood, and Moulton, in the county of Norfolk.
[1801]

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG396078 (Lat/Lon: 52.6154, 1.53817), Moulton St Mary which are provided by:

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Military Records

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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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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
FamiliesPopulation
18011216170
18112329168
18213636185
18312846209
184141--235
185149--235
Year  Inhabited
Houses
FamiliesPopulation
186150--259
18715656266
18815455240
18915353208
19015252210
1911--56219

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.