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Flegg  Norfolk

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Flegg like this:

FLEGG, a district and two hundreds, in Norfolk. The district lies on the E border of the county, contiguous to the sea, and is cut into two sub-districts-E and W. The E sub-district contains the parishes of Caistor-next-Yarmouth, Mautby, Runham, Stokesby-with-Herringby, Thrigby, Filby, Scratby, Ormsby-St. ...


Michael and Ormsby-St. Margaret. Acres, 13, 301. Pop., 4, 060. Houses, 916. The W sub-district contains the parishes of Hemsby, Winterton, . East Somerton, West Somerton, Martham, Rollesby, Burgh-St. Margaret-and-St. Mary, Billockby, Clippesby, Ashby, Oby, Thirne, and Repps-with-Bastwick. Acres, 15, 786. Pop., 4, 571. Houses, 1, 029-Acres of the district, 2, 908. Poor-rates in 1862, £4, 468. Pop. in 1851, 8, 497; in 1861, 8, 631. Houses, 1, 945. Marriages in 1860, 53; births, 302, -of which 34 were illegitimate; deaths, 185, -of which 94 were at ages under 5 years, and 11 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 535; births, 3, 058; deaths, 1, 702. The places of worship, in 1851, were 17 of the Church of England, with 3, 598 sittings; 2 of Baptists, with 240 s.; 1 of Unitarians, with 100 s.; 3 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 345 s.; 9 of Primitive Methodists, with 683 s.; and 1 of Wesleyan Reformers, with 40 s. The schools were 14 public day schools, with 789 scholars; 17 private day schools, with 336 s.; and 13 Sunday schools, with 784 s. The poor's affairs are administered under a local act; and the workhouse is in Rollesby. -The two hundreds are East Flegg and West Flegg; and are conterminate with respectively the two sub-districts.

Flegg through time

Flegg is now part of Great Yarmouth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Great Yarmouth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Flegg itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Flegg, in Great Yarmouth and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20126

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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