Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FOREHOE

FOREHOE, a district and a hundred in Norfolk; near the centre of the county, to the W of Norwich. The district comprises the sub-district of Wymondham, containing the parishes of Wymondham, Kimberley, Crown-thorpe, Wicklewood, Hackford, Hingham, Deopham, Morley-St. Botolph, and Morley-St. Peter; and the sub-district of Costessey, containing the parishes of Costessey, Bawburgh, Bowthorpe, Easton, Marlingford, Barford, Colton, Barnham-Broom, Welborne, Brandon-Parva, Runhall, Coston, Carleton-Forehoe, and Wramplingham. Acres, 37, 834. Poor-rates in 1862, £8, 827. Pop. in 1851, 13, 565; in 1861, 12, 818. Houses, 2, 897. Marriages in 1860, 81; births, 389, -of which 48 were illegitimate; deaths, 238, -of which 78 were at ages under 5 years, and 16 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 873; births, 3, 908; deaths, 2, 681. The places of worship, in 1851, were 24 of the Church of England, with 5, 316 sittings; 3 of Independents, with 1, 140 s.; 3 of Baptists, with 510 s.; 1 of Quakers, with 180 s.; 7 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 775 s.; 10 of Primitive Methodists, with 783 s.; 1 undefined, with 100 s.; 3 of Latter Day Saints, with 180 s.; and 1 of Roman Catholics, with 700 attendants. The schools were 19 public day schools, with 1, 185 scholars; 32 private day schools, with 651 s.; 29 Sunday schools, with 1, 655 s.; and 5 evening schools for adults, with 93 -s. The poor-law is administered under a local act; and the workhouse is in Wicklewood. -The hundred is nearly identical with the district, but somewhat more extensive. Acres, 40, 397. Pop. in 1851, 13, 897; in 1861, 13, 146. Houses, 2, 968.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a district and a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Forehoe RegD/PLU/Inc       Norfolk AncC
Place: Forehoe

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