North Walsham Parish (AP/CP) through time

North Walsham Parish (AP/CP)

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

How we use the land; crops and farm animals.

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
NORTH WALSHAM	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 383.
WALSHAM NORTH	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Ancient Parish	AP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Authority
BOYLANDS IN NORTH WALSHAM AND SWAFIELD	Manor	The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
BROMHOLME	Manor	The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
LINGATE	Manor	The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register
NORTH WALSHAM	Manor	The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
NORFOLK	Ancient County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 383.
ERPINGHAM RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Jun 1884	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SMALLBURGH RegD/Inc/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Jun 1884	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 656.
CROMER	Registration sub-District			1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
NORTH WALSHAM UD	Local Government District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 660.
NORTH WALSHAM	Registration sub-District			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
NORTH WALSHAM USD	Sanitary District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
TUNSTEAD Hundred	Ancient District			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 653.

Boundaries and changes

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, North Walsham Parish (AP/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10015194

Date accessed: 08th April 2026