Stalham, Norfolk
Historical Description
Stalham, a small market-town and a parish in Norfolk. The town stands near the navigable river Ant, 8 miles SE from North Walsham, 15 NE from Norwich, and has a station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office (S.O.) A corn market was opened in 1855, but during recent years the market has fallen into desuetude. In consequence of this the Corn Hall is now used only as a reading-room, and for concerts and public meetings. There is a police station. Area of the parish, 1800 acres; population, 867. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. Stalham and Sutton Broads form a large sheet of water about 1 mile in length from west to east, and three quarters of a mile from south-west to north-east. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £150 with residence. The church is an ancient building of flint and stone, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and a western tower. It has a brass of 1460 and another of 1624, a finely carved octagonal font, and a carved oak reredos, which was erected in 1889. In 1886 the roof of the church was raised to its original pitch, and a memorial SW window in stained glass was put in. The chancel roof was also raised in 1886, and a memorial E window placed representing the Lord's Supper. In 1894 the N and S aisles were rebenched, and in 1895 a stone Maltese cross was placed over the porch of the church. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Stalham St. Mary | |
Hundred | Happing |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.
Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Stalham:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1561-1912 | 1561-1912 | 1561-1911 | 1561-1901 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Stalham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stalham (St. Mary))
Maps
Online maps of Stalham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.