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"SCOTTOW parish, on the banks of a rivulet, 5 miles S. by W. of North Walsham, and 2½ miles W. of Worstead, has 539 inhabitants, and 2104A. 2R. 24P. of land, mostly the property of Sir Thomas Henry Estridge Durrant, Bart., the lord of the manor and lessee of the rectory, who resides at Scottow Hall, a handsome cemented mansion, . . . The Church (All Saints,) stands near the hall, and has a good organ, given by Sir T.H.E. Durrant, in 1844. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £8. 13s. 6½d., and consolidated with the rectory of Belaugh. . . . The Bishop of Norwich is patron and appropriator, . . . In 1839, the impropriate rectorial tithes of Scottow were commuted for £500, and the vicarial for £230 per annum; and the vicar has a yearly rent-charge of £16 out of the former. . . . A cattle fair is held on Easter Tuesday, at the Horse Shoes Inn, near which is the Post Office, " [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Richard Johns]
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Not all memorials may be included, even when a transcription is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be read or photographed.
- Church of All Saints
- Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
- Scottow Parish Cemetery
- Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the cemetery.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
| Cemetery, Scottow, Cemetery |
- 1841: Surname List
- 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 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 All Saints.
- Cotton, Simon; and Tricker, Roy
- All Saints, Scottow: church guide.
[Scottow, Norfolk Churches Trust, 1980s] - Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Church of All Saints
- Services, etc.
- Community Church of St Edward, Badersfield
- Description and pictures.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- 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), Scottow was in Aylsham Registration District.
- Scottow and Badersfield Parish Council
- Meetings, minutes, map, etc.
- The Marlpit
- Community news magazine for Coltishall, Horstead with Stanninghall, Great and Little Hautbois, Scottow and Badersfield.
- Badersfield
- This is the name given to the former housing at RAF Coltishall, which closed in 2006. It is now private housing, and is named after the world war two fighter pilot, Sir Douglas Bader. Part is in the parish of Scottow, and part in Lamas.
- Gibbons, Fred (writing as Apple Jack)
- Memories of the Village of Scottow, 1920-1995.
[Scottow, The Author, 1995] - Scottow Mill Common Post Mill
- Description and history.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1850: Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk
- 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 Scottow to another place.
Scottow 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
- Inclosure
- See Hoveton St Peter
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG279237 (Lat/Lon: 52.762788, 1.376209), Scottow which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- 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.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Scottow Parish Cemetery
- Burials from RAF Coltishall, WW2.
- War Memorial
- World War 1.
- War Memorial
- World War 2.
- After 1834 Scottow 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.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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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.
- 1861 Census
- "The decrease of population in Colby, Scottow, and Marsham parishes is attributed to migration".
- 1901 Census
- "Including Fairstead."