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" ROCKLAND ST. PETER is a parish of scattered houses, 5½ miles S.E. of Watton, and 4 miles W.N.W. of Attleborough, containing 392 souls, and 999 acres of land, of which about 200 acres, with the church, are in Shropham Hundred. Sir E.B. Smijth [sic], Bart., is lord of the manors of Kirkehall, Maynes, and Garneys, and owns 431A. 19P. of the soil, which is generally a light sand. The Church has a long thatched nave, and the rectory, valued in the King's Book at £4. 16s. 5½d., and in 1831 at £260, is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Bird, B.A. The glebe is 22A. 3R. 22P. The Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here. The Fuel Allotment, 15A. 34P., awarded in 1814, is let for £13. Here is also 2A. 26P. of old poor's land." [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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Rockland is also the name of the deanery, so a reference to Rockland could mean this parish, or this area of Norfolk.
Rockland All Saints with St Andrew and Rockland St Peter are adjoining parishes, called The Rocklands.
Rockland St Mary is about 20 miles away.
See also Rockland All Saints with St Andrew and Rockland St Mary.
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Rockland, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.
- Church of St Peter
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Peter
- Services, etc.
- Church of St Peter
- Pictures of the church.
- Rocklands Primitive Methodist Church at Rockland St Peter
- Description, picture and map.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Rockland St Peter was in Wayland Registration District.
- The Rocklands
- Rockland All Saints with St Andrew, and Rockland St Peter.
Parish Council, news, organisations, history, pictures, etc. - Leslie Cook; and Cynthia Cook
- Rocklands: Beginnings to 1988 (this is a link to an archived copy)
Articles written by Leslie Cook for the Rocklander Parish Magazine, about history, churches, family history, etc. - Rockland St Peter Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk for Rockland St Peter
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk for Rockland All Saints and St Andrew, where some people are shown as living in "St Peter's parish".
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Rockland St Peter to another place.
Rockland St Peter is in Wayland Hundred and Shropham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Wayland Hundred
- Description of Wayland Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Description of Shropham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Inclosure
- See Rockland All Saints
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL991975 (Lat/Lon: 52.538831, 0.934009), Rockland St Peter which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- Rolls of Honour
- Rockland St Peter (WW1), Rockland All Saints (WW1), and The Rocklands (WW2).
- After 1834 Rockland St Peter became part of the Wayland Union, and the workhouse was at Rockland All Saints.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.