Aldborough

Aldborough is a village in the district of North Norfolk.

Alternative Names - Alborough

Situation - about 8 miles South of Cromer and 5 miles North of Aylsham.

Size - 7.15 square KM (2.76 square miles)

Historical Divisions - part of North Erpingham hundred

Church - St Mary the Virgin

Deanery - Repps

Archdeaconry - Norfolk

Civil Registration - Erpingham registration district (for the registration of births, deaths & marriages between 1837 - 1930 and for censuses 1851 - 1901).

Population 

Poor Houses - After 1834 Aldborough became part of the Erpingham Union and the workhouses were at Gimmingham and Sheringham. In 1850 these were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham.

Festivities - There used to be a large stock fair held on 21 & 22 June (unless these dates fell on a Friday & Saturday, when it was held on the following Monday & Tuesday).