Place:Earsham Hundred, Norfolk, England

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NameEarsham Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inNorfolk, England
GENUKI provides a description of Earsham Hundred from White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845. It includes a table showing the populations of the individual parishes in 1841.

A map, also from GENUKI, illustrates the locations of the various parishes within the hundred.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Earsham Hundred from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"EARSHAM, a parish and a hundred in Norfolk. The hundred lies around the parish; and contains twelve other parishes and part of another, Acres: 24,560. Population: 8,484. Houses: 1,856."
Image:Norfolk Hundreds 1830.png

Parishes

Parish Description Notes
Alburgh ancient parish, civil parish
Billingford (near Scole) ancient parish, civil parish absorbed into Scole in 1935
Brockdish ancient parish, civil parish
Denton ancient parish, civil parish
Earsham ancient parish, civil parish parish split between Suffolk and Norfolk in 1885; Suffolk section to Bungay
Mendham ancient parish, civil parish parish split between Suffolk and Norfolk in 1885; Norfolk section to Wortwell
Needham chapelry, civil parish
Pulham St. Mary Magdalene chapelry, civil parish
Pulham St. Mary the Virgin ancient parish, civil parish
Redenhall with Harleston ancient parish), civil parish
Rushall ancient parish, civil parish became part of Dickleburgh and Rushall in 1935
Starston ancient parish, civil parish
Thorpe Abbots ancient parish, civil parish absorbed into Brockdish in 1935
Thorpe Parva ancient parish absorbed into Thorpe Abbots early
Wortwell hamlet, civil parish