Norfolk: Bexwell
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Bexwell is about 11 miles S. of King's Lynn.
Cemeteries
- Church of St Mary
- Monumental inscriptions.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Fincham, 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 Mary the Virgin.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- No author
- Guide to the parish churches of St Edmund, Downham Market
and St Mary the Virgin, Bexwell.
[Church Publishers, 1968]
- Church of St Mary
- Description, history and pictures.
- Church of St Mary
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Mary
- Services, etc.
- Church of St Mary
- Pictures of the church.
Church Records
- Farrow, C.W.; and Palgrave-Moore, Patrick
- Bexwell Parish Registers 1558-1837; transcribed and indexed.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society,
Parish Registers of Norfolk, monograph series no.17, 1987]
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Archdeacons' Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts
- Marriages.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's
Marriage Registers.
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), Bexwell was in
Downham 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
Bexwell is in Clackclose Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Clackclose Hundred
- Description of Clackclose Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
History
- Shaw, Christopher
- Denver, Downham Market and Bexwell, Welney, West Dereham:
a brief history for local and family historians.
[Printed by Spindrift Print and Publishing,
Series: Downham Market and around Book 2, 2009]
Land and Property
- Inclosure
- See Wimbotsham
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military History
RAF Downham Market was at Bexwell.
- Coverdale, Christopher
- Pathfinders: the definitive history of 635 Squadron Pathfinder Force,
March 1944 - September 1945.
[ISBN 0956114501, Peterborough, Pathfinder Publishing, 2009]
- Hilling, John Bryan
- Strike Hard: A bomber airfield at war: R.A.F. Downham Market
and its squadrons, 1942-46.
[ISBN 0750916001, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1997
- 635 Squadron Pathfinder Force
- Description, history, personnel, pictures, etc.
- RAF Downham Market
- Description and pictures.
- RAF Downham Market
- Description and picture.
- RAF Downham Market
- Description and pictures.
Military Records
- Roll of Honour for Denver, Fordham, Ryston, Roxham and Bexwell
- World Wars 1 and 2.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
Population
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the
10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and
single occupiers.
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1801 | 10 | 10 | 65 |
1811 | 11 | 11 | 47 |
1821 | 13 | 14 | 63 |
1831 | 11 | 11 | 53 |
1841 | 13 | -- | 70 |
1851 | 15 | -- | 87 |
|
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1861 | 16 | -- | 94 |
1871 | 14 | 17 | 85 |
1881 | 15 | 15 | 79 |
1891 | 15 | 15 | 63 |
1901 | 13 | 13 | 61 |
1911 | -- | 15 | 77 |
|
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.
Voting Registers
See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers
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