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"CALTHORPE, 3½ miles N. of Aylsham, has in its parish 214 souls, and 1056A. 3R. 3P. of land, mostly the property of the Earl of Orford, the impropriator of the rectory, and lord of the manor. The Church (St. Margaret,) is a discharged vicarage, certified at £27, and valued, in 1831, at £143. The Norwich Charity Trustees are patrons, and the Rev. Wm. Heath Marsh, of Erpingham, is the incumbent. The glebe is 24A. 1R. 17P., and the tithes have been commuted for £140 to the vicar, and £195 per annum to the impropriator." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Richard Johns]

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Census

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Church Directories

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

Church of Our Lady and St Margaret
Description and pictures.
Church of Our Lady and St Margaret
Description, services, picture, etc.
Gray, Philip T.
An architectural guide to the Churches of St Mary, Erpingham and Our Lady and St Margaret, Calthorpe, Norfolk.
[Erpingham, The Church, 1978]
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Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts
Baptisms 1696-1812, Marriages 1703-1811 and Burials 1696-1811.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Marriages 1558-1812
See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 1.
Marriages
These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

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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), Calthorpe was in Aylsham Registration District.

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Description & Travel

Calthorpe Water Mill
Description, history and pictures.

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Calthorpe is in South Erpingham Hundred.

Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for South Erpingham Hundred
Description of South Erpingham 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 TG185319 (Lat/Lon: 52.840054, 1.242398), Calthorpe which are provided by:

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Military Records

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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • After 1834 Calthorpe became part of the Aylsham Union, and the workhouses were at Buxton and Oulton. These were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham in 1849.
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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 35 40 173
1811 38 40 185
1821 38 39 184
1831 48 56 206
1841 48 -- 214
1851 42 -- 194
Year   Inhabited
Houses
Families Population
1861 44 -- 187
1871 44 45 217
1881 43 43 204
1891 43 43 229
1901 42 42 202
1911 -- 42 183

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.