Aldborough Norfolk Family History Guide
Aldborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.
Alternative names: Alborough
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1691
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Calthorpe
- Thwaite
- Barningham Winter
- Matlaske
- Thurgarton
- Wickmere with Wolterton
- Alby
- Bessingham
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ALDBOROUGH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Erpingham, hundred of North Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 6 miles (N.) from Aylsham; containing 293 inhabitants.
It comprises 788a. 9p., of which 434 acres are arable, 287 pasture and meadow, and 20 woodland. A stock and pleasure fair is held on June 22nd.
The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8, and in the gift of Lord Suffield: the tithes have been commuted for £192. 10., and the glebe consists of 26 acres, with a good house. The church, chiefly in the decorated style, contains several neat memorials to the family of Gay, and some sepulchral brasses to the Herewards, from whom the Gavs were descended.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Directories
Aldborough Norfolk Post Office Directory of Norfolk & Suffolk 1865
Alborough (or Aldborough) Is a parish and considerable village, 5 miles north from Aylsham and the navigable Bure, and 7 south from Cromer, in North Erpingham hundred, Erpingham union, Holt county court district, East Norfolk, rural deanery of Repps, archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Mary was restored in 1849, with the exception of the tower. The register dates from 1558.
The living is a rectory, with residence and 24 acres of glebe, and £200 awarded in lieu of tithes, in the gift of Lord Suffield, and held by the Rev. John Gudgeon Nelson, M.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge. A stock fair is held here on the 21st and 22nd of June, unless these dates fall on Friday and Saturday, in which event it is held on the following Monday and Tuesday. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel. There is a good school, maintained by Lord Orford, attended by 100 boys and girls. James Gay, Esq., J.P., of New Hall, is the principal landowner. The area is 788 acres, and the population in 1861 was 305.
Parish Clerk, Shaw Woods.
Letters through Norwich. Aylsham is the nearest money order office
Insurance Agent. — Liverpool & London & Globe, Thomas Parritt
Gay James, esq. J.P. New hall
Nelson Rev. John Gudgeon, M.A., Rectory
Prangley Thomas, esq
Spurrell Misses
Bacon Ezra, carpenter
Bone John, grocer & draper
Brown James, timber merchant
Burwick James, basket maker
Chapman Henry, baker
Chapman Stephen, Black Boys
Chapman William, butcher
Cook William, miller
Durrant Robert, blacksmith
Durrant William, grocer
Gotts Alfred, tailor
Hudson Randal James, Ironmonger
Leader Daniel, shopkeeper
Leader William, baker
Miller John, harness maker
Overed James, veterinary surgeon
Perkins Charles, watch maker
Prangley Thomas, surgeon
Ransom Isaac, farmer
Sistern Maria (Miss), dress maker
Spurgeon Thomas, plumber & glazier
Turner William, farmer
Ward James, carpenter
Ward William, Red Lion
Watts William, blacksmith
Wilkin John, shoe maker, & post office
Williamson Henry, fellmonger
Woods Shaw, tailor
Source: Post Office Directory of Norfolk & Suffolk; Kelly & Co.; London; 1865.
Administration
- County: Norfolk
- Civil Registration District: Erpingham
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk
- Diocese: Norwich
- Rural Deanery: Repps
- Poor Law Union: Erpingham
- Hundred: North Erpingham
- Province: Canterbury