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"SOUTHERY is a considerable village, on the London road, 7 miles S. of Downham, on a gentle eminence surrounded by fens and marshes. Its parish increased its inhabitants from 739 in 1831, to 1023 in 1841, and contains about 3,500 acres of land, watered by the Great Ouse river, over which there is a Ferry, about a mile S.W. of the church. . . . Robt. Cunningham Taylor, Esq., is lord of the manor; but the soil belongs to several proprietors. The CHURCH (St. Mary,) is a neat fabric without a tower. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £7 10s., and in 1831 at £303, is in the gift of Geo. Hall, Esq., of Ely, and the incumbency of the Rev. Chas. Mann. Here is a National School, established in 1844; and a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1842. The Baptists and Primitive Methodists have preaching rooms in the village. " [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Mike Bristow]
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| Burial Ground (Mill Ln), Southery, Cemetery |
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| Chapel, Southery, Baptist |
| Burial Ground (Mill Ln), Southery, Cemetery |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Fincham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.
The ruins still exist of the previous church, also dedicated to St Mary.
- Church of St Mary (Ouse Valley Benefice)
- Services, etc.
- Church of St Mary
- Description and pictures.
- Ruins of the previous Church of St Mary
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Mary
- Services, etc.
- Legge, Judith
- A Little History of Southery and its Churches.
[2008]
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, location, picture, etc.
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Marriages, 1725-1812 (this is a link to an archived copy).
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in 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), Southery was in Downham Registration District.
- Southery Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
- Southery Village
- News, organisations, etc.
- Bullen, Mike
- Around Downham Market.
Photographs of Downham Market, Denver, Hilgay and Southery.
[ISBN 1845881115, Nonsuch Publishing, Pocket Images Series, 2005] - Southery Post Mill
- Description, history and picture.
- Southery Sedge Fen Drove Smock Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Southery Smock Mill
- Description and history.
- 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)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 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 Southery to another place.
Southery is in Clackclose Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Clackclose Hundred
- Description of Clackclose Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Description, history, people, pictures, etc, of Southery
- and other parishes near Downham Market.
- History of Southery and the Fens (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Part 1 - to 1899.
- History of Southery and the Fens (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Part 2 - from 1900.
- Shaw, Christopher
- Fordham, Hilgay and Ten Mile Bank, Little Ouse, Ryston and Roxham, Southery: a brief history for local and family historians.
[Spindrift Print and Publishing, Series: Downham Market and around: Book 1, 2009]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL622948 (Lat/Lon: 52.526979, 0.389585), Southery 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 Southery became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was at Downham Market.
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.
- 1901 Census
- "Including Brandon Creek, Little London, and Southery Fens."