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"FORDHAM, a parish and small village near the river Wissey, 3 miles S. of Downham, contains 219 inhabitants, and 2,066 acres of land, of which 700A. belong to the widow of the late Admiral Woolley; and the remainder chiefly to E.R. Pratt, Esq., the lord of the manor. An ancient farm-house, in this parish, called Snore Hall, was long the seat of the Skipwiths, one of whom is said to have received King Charles here, a short time before he surrendered to the Scotch at Newark. The CHURCH, (St. Mary,) is a small edifice, built in 1730, after the old one had fallen down. The Dean and Chapter are patrons of the curacy, and appropriators of the tithes, now leased to E.R. Pratt, Esq.; and the Rev. Wm. Maxey Allen is the incumbent." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Fordham is about 14 miles S. of King's Lynn.
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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.
- Langley, Stan L.; and Shingles, Derek
- Memorial Inscriptions: Church of St Mary, Fordham, Norfolk.
[Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, West Norfolk Branch, 1991]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
| St Mary, Fordham, Church of England |
- 1841: Surname List
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| St Mary, Fordham, Church of England |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Fincham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.
- Church of St Mary
- Description and pictures.
- Farrow, Charles W.; and Palgrave-Moore, Patrick
- Fordham Parish Registers, 1576-1837; transcribed and indexed.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, 1986] - 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), Fordham was in Downham Registration District.
- Pictures of Fordham
- Old postcards and new photographs.
- 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)
- 1908: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
- 1933: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Fordham to another place.
Fordham 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 Fordham
- and other parishes near Downham Market.
- 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]
- Drainage Acts
- See Stoke Ferry
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL616997 (Lat/Lon: 52.571551, 0.383576), Fordham 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 for Denver, including Fordham, Ryston, Roxham and Bexwell.
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Fordham 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.