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"SHIPDHAM is an extensive village, with many neat modern houses, detached from each other, and extending upwards of a mile in length, 5 miles S. by W. of East Dereham; but the parish extends within two miles of that town, and is 5 mile slong [sic], containing 4516 acres, and having increased its population since the year 1801, from 1250 to 1861 souls. The Bishop of Ely, who built a great hall here, obtained in the 29th of Henry III., a charter for a weekly ma[r]ket on Thursday, and a fair on St. Peter and St. Paul's day; but the former has long been obsolete, and the latter is now a stock fair, . . . The Cambridge University's manor of Caston Hall, T.T. Adlington, Esq.'s manor of Massingham, and W. Brown, Esq.'s manor of Bonnetts-and-Bayleys, extend into this parish; but the principal landowners are W. Birch, Esq., T.T. Clarke, Esq., Misses Bullock, and the Rev. Benj. Barker. The Church (All Saints) is a large, handsome fabric, . . . The interior . . . has several neat monuments to the Bullock, Lane, Deval, and other families. The benefice is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £27. 7s. 6d., and in 1831 at £1140, and is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Benj. Barker. The tithes were commuted in 1845. Here are three Chapels, belonging to the Independents, and the Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists. Shipdham FREE SCHOOL was built in 1749, on part of the town land, and is endowed with a farm of 46A.3R.3P., bequeathed by Thomas Bullock, Esq., in 1735, . . . The farm is now let for £70 a year, . . . The TOWN ESTATE consists of seven tenements, a barn, a house and garden, and about 28 acres of land in this parish, and a farm of 47A. at Reymerstone, . . . That part of the estate in Shipdham, was acquired by gift or purchase, during the 16th century, for the general use of the parish, but the farm at Reymerstone was purchased in 1650, for £648," [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Paddy Apling]
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- Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
- The Memorial Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of All Saints, Shipdham, Norfolk.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2002]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Chapel, Shipdham, Wesleyan Methodist |
- 1841:
Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
Indexes from the 1841 Census Returns of Shipdham, Norfolk.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 1990s] - 1861
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1891: Partial Transcript (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
- The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Church of All Saints
- Services, etc.
- Church of All Saints
- Pictures of the church.
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
- Spence, Keith J.
- A Shipdham Centenary, 1881-1981.
Shipdham Congregational and United Reformed Churches.
[Shipdham, 1981]
- Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts
- Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
- All Saints Church, Shipdham
- Shipdam Churchwardens Accounts 1511-1567.
[Transcription, 1960s] - List of Rectors
- 14th-20th centuries.
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), Shipdham was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.
- Shipdham
- Parish council, etc.
- Woods, Maurice
- A History of Shipdham.
[Shipdham, 1984] - Woods, Maurice
- A View of Shipdham: 1890-1940.
[Shipdham, Shipdham Press, 1985] - Woods, Maurice
- Shipdham: The American Connection.
[Shipdham, Shipdham Press, 1985] - Woods, Maurice
- Shipdham: Past and Present.
[Shipdham, Shipdham Press, 1987] - Woods, Maurice
- Looking Back at Shipdham.
[Shipdham, Shipdham Press, 1988] - Shipdham Market Street Post Mill
- Description and history.
- Shipdham Mill Road Post Mill
- Description and history.
- Shipdham West End Post Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1850: Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1900: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Shipdham to another place.
Shipdham is in Mitford hundred.
- Early history
- From the 11th century.
- Great Britain: Statute
- Shipdham Inclosure Act, 1807.
An act for inclosing lands, in the parish of Shipdham, in the county of Norfolk.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1807]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF960074 (Lat/Lon: 52.628895, 0.894267), Shipdham 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.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Shipdham became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.
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.
- 1851 Census
- "The decrease of population in the Parish of Shipdham since 1841 is ascribed partly to the death of one builder and the relinquishment of business of another, who together employed upwards of 60 workmen, and partly to emigration."
- 1901 Census
- "Including Blackmoor Row, Crowshill, Little Hale, and Thorpe Row."
Other population figures
- Shipdham Union Friendly Society
- Shipdham Union Friendly Society for assuring support to men and women in sickness, infirmity and old age, and a sum payable at death: Rules.
[Dereham, Barker, 1830s]