Norfolk: West Beckham
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West Beckham is about 4 miles E.N.E. of Holt.
See also East Beckham.
Cemeteries
See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Ingworth, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both
before and after this date.
Until 1857 it had been in the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter
of Norwich.
- The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church Records
- West Beckham Marriages 1689-1836
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 3.
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Baptisms 1724-1812, Marriages 1725-1811 and
Burials 1724-1812.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
- Workhouse Registers
- Baptisms and
Burials.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), West Beckham was in
Erpingham Registration District.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
West Beckham is in South Erpingham Hundred.
It is a detached parish, being between Holt Hundred and North Erpingham
Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for South Erpingham Hundred
- Description of South Erpingham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
Land and Property
- Inclosure
- See Alby
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
- Roll of Honour for East and West Beckham
- World War 1.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
After 1834 West Beckham became part of the Erpingham Union, and the
workhouses were at Gimingham and Sheringham.
In 1850 these were replaced by a new workhouse in this parish.
- Erpingham Union
- Parishes in the union, their arrangements for the poor before
1834, etc.
- Erpingham Union and Workhouses
- Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845.
- Erpingham Union and Workhouses
- Description and pictures.
Voting Registers
See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers
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January 2005