Norfolk: Genealogy: Towns and Parishes: Lingwood (original) (raw)
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Lingwood is about 8 miles E. of Norwich.
Cemeteries
See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
- Blofield Union Workhouse was in this parish.
- 1881: Blofield Union Workhouse
- 1891: Lingwood: Surname List
- 1891: Blofield Union Workhouse: Surname List See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in theDeanery 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 Peter.
- Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
Description and pictures.
Minister, location, picture, events, history, etc.
Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
Church Records
Marriages
These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Lingwood was inBlofield Registration District.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
Lingwood is in Blofield Hundred.
Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for Blofield Hundred
Description of Blofield Hundred
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
Land and Property
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
Lingwood Manor: historical notes.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1990]
Inclosure
See Moulton St Mary.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
Maps of the parish.
Military Records
World Wars 1 and 2.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
After 1834 Lingwood became part of the Blofield Union, and the workhouse was in this parish.
Parishes in the union, their arrangements for the poor before 1834, etc.
Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845.
Description and pictures.
Guardians of the Blofield Union
October 1835 to March 1836.
Serreau, Audrey
Times and Years: A History of the Blofield Union Workhouse at Lingwood in Norfolk.
[ISBN 0948903937, Bungay, Morrow and Co, 2000]
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 InhabitedHouses Families Population 18013442229 18113339198 18215156292 18315757294 184179--473 185181--509 | Year InhabitedHouses Families Population 186179--509 18717878438 18817272399 18918080421 19018686438 1911--93495 |
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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.
1821 Census
"An inclosure of land, and small tenements built thereon, is mentioned, in the Return of Lingwood, as having caused an increase of Population".
1851 Census
"The Return includes 102 persons in 1841, and 135 in 1851, in the Blofield Union Workhouse".
1911 Census
The total included 95 people in the workhouse.
Voting Registers
See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers
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February 2008