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GUILTCROSS, a district and a hundred in Norfolk; at the middle of the S border of the county, contiguous to Suffolk. The name was originally Gydecross; and is supposed to have been derived from a remarkable cross, ornamented with gold, and of great antiquity. The district comprehends the sub-district of Banham, containing the parishes of Banham, Old Buckenham, New Buckenham, Winfarhing, Shelfanger, Roydon, Bressingham, and Fersfield; and the sub-district of Kenninghall, containing the parishes of Kenninghall, North Lopham, South Lopham, Blo-Norton, Garboldisham, Gasthorpe, Riddlesworth, West Harling, East Harling, Bridgham, Quiddeuham, Eccles, and Wilby. Acres, 44, 585. Poorrates in 1863, £7, 041. Pop. in 1851, 12, 744; in 1861, 11, 541. Houses, 2, 579. Marriages in 1862, 85; births, 370, -of which 45 were illegitimate; deaths, 236, of which 77 were at ages under 5 years, and 14 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 820; births, 4, 008; deaths, 2, 701. The places of worship in 1851 were 20 of the Church of England, with 4, 830 sittings; 1 of Independents, s. not reported; 5 of Baptists, with 872 s.; 1 of Quakers, with 92 s.; 9 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 1, 428 s; 10 of Primitive Methodists, with 1, 473 s.; 1 of Sandemanians, with 88 s.; 2 undefined, with 80 s.; and 1 of Latter Day Saints, with 40 s. The schools were 16 public day schools, with 1, 071 scholars; 23 private day schools, with 360 s.; 29 Sunday schools, with 1, 751 s.; and 1 evening school for adults, with 20 s. The workhouse is in Kenninghall.- The hundred contains only eleven of the parishes of the district; but includes part of a parish not in the district. Acres, 28, 340. Pop. in 1851, 7, 446; in 1861, 6, 748. HOuses, 1, 489.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a district and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Guiltcross RegD/PLU Norfolk AncC |
| Place: | Guiltcross |
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