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"TIBBENHAM, a large village and parish, 3½ miles E. of New Buckenham, and 14 miles S.W. by S. of Norwich, has 749 inhabitants, and 3254 acres of land, belonging to many owners, the largest of whom is J. Petre, Esq., lord of all the manors, except Challon's Hall, the property of Sir R. J. Buxton. J. Petre, Esq., is also lessee of the rectorial tithes, under the Bishop of Ely, the patron of the vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £7. 6s. 8d., and now enjoyed by the Rev. Thomas Dixon. It was augmented in 1816 with a parliamentary grant of £1000, and £380 given by the late vicar. . . . The Church (All Saints,) has a square tower and six bells. The Church Land comprises 40A. 2R. 16P. in Winfarthing, let for £43; and 10A. in this parish let for £22. . . . The Methodists have a small chapel here; and near the church is a National School, built in 1831." [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Ann Duncan]
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| Chapel, Tibenham, Primitive Methodist |
- 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 Depwade, 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 All Saints.
- Church of All Saints (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description, history and pictures.
- Church of All Saints (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Picture of the church.
- Parish Registers
- List of Surnames in the Baptisms 1813-1858
- List of Surnames of People who come from other Parishes
(these people are often known as "Strays") - 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), Tibenham was in Depwade Registration District.
- Tibenham - A Norfolk Village (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description, history, church, pictures, airfield, etc.
- 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: 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 Tibenham to another place.
Tibenham is in Depwade Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Depwade Hundred
- Description of Depwade Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Great Britain: Statute
- Tibenham and Moulton Inclosure Act, 1820.
An act for inclosing lands within the parishes of Tibenham and Moulton, in the county of Norfolk: 22 June 1820.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1820]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TM135899 (Lat/Lon: 52.46558, 1.141289), Tibenham which are provided by:
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- 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 Tibenham became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham St Mary Magdalen (Pulham Market).