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"SPIXWORTH, 4 miles N. by E. of Norwich, has only 52 souls and 2009 acres of land, belonging to John Longe, Esq., the lord of the manor, who resides at the Hall, a large mansion, in an extensive and well-wooded park. He is also patron of the Church (St. Peter,) which has several memorials of his family, and two ancient recumbent effigies of Wm. Peck and his wife. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6, and now enjoyed by the Rev. George Howes. The glebe is 7A. 2R. 15P., and the tithes have been commuted for £306 per annum. " [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1901
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| Methodist Church, Spixworth, Methodist |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Taverham, 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 St Peter.
- Church of St Peter
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Peter
- Services, minister, pictures, etc.
- Parishes of Horsham St Faith, Spixworth and Crostwick (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Churches, services, pictures, etc.
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1551-1900, Banns 1756-1900, Marriages 1554-1832 and Burials 1556-1812.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?] - Campling, Arthur
- Index of Marriages, Spixworth, 1554-1737.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s] - Campling, Arthur
- Index of Marriages, Spixworth, 1737-1752.
[Norwich Local Studies Library, Handwritten document, 1930s] - 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), Spixworth was in St Faith's Registration District.
- Spixworth Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, pictures, etc.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Spixworth to another place.
Spixworth is in Taverham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Taverham Hundred
- Description of Taverham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Mason, Joseph
- Spixworth: History and Landscape in a Norfolk Village.
[ISBN 0953388905, 1998] - Warnes, Ray
- A history of Spixworth and Grange Farm (this is a link to an archived copy).
[1986]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG247152 (Lat/Lon: 52.687829, 1.32325), Spixworth 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.
- After 1834 Spixworth became part of the St Faith's Union, and the workhouse was at Horsham St Faith.
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
- "ST. FAITHS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the District of St. Faiths is attributed to the migration of labourers and their families to the manufacturing districts."