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"SEETHING, a well built village, 9½ miles S. E. of Norwich, has in its parish 449 souls, and 1571 acres of land, mostly belonging to G. S. Kett, Esq., of Brooke. Seething Hall, the seat of Mrs. H. Kett, is a large mansion . . . The blue sash, worn by Penn, at the treaty of Pennsylvannia, is in the possession of Mrs. Kett. The CHURCH (St. Margaret,) has a round tower, and the living is a perpetual curacy, valued in 1831 at £143, and now enjoyed by the Rev. J. T. Burt, M.A. The Trustees of the Great Hospital, Norwich are the patrons, and also impropriators of the great tithes, commuted for £383 per annum, in 1839. Here is a National School, established in 1813.  " [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brooke, 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 Margaret in some records, and to St Margaret and St Remigius in others.
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Church History

Church of St Margaret and St Remigius
Description and pictures.
Church of St Margaret and St Remigius (this is a link to an archived copy)
Description and pictures.
Church of St Margaret and St Remigius (this is a link to an archived copy)
Wall paintings in the church.
Chandler, William Burgess Hunt
An account of the Parish Church of Seething.
[Norwich, Goose, 1920]
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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), Seething was in Loddon and Clavering Registration District.

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Description & Travel

Seething (this is a link to an archived copy)
Description, history and pictures.

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You can see pictures of Seething which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Seething is in Loddon Hundred.

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

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TM319976 (Lat/Lon: 52.527084, 1.416633), Seething 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
Families Population
1801 65 68 366
1811 57 80 338
1821 67 85 386
1831 66 88 438
1841 96 -- 449
1851 99 -- 451
Year   Inhabited
Houses
Families Population
1861 102 -- 431
1871   95 97 402
1881   90 91 392
1891   82 82 358
1901   78 78 284
1911   -- 77 315

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.