Norfolk: Bexwell

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Bexwell is about 11 miles S. of King's Lynn.

Cemeteries

Church of St Mary: Monumental inscriptions.

Census

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.
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.

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.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

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

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.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Bexwell became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was at Downham Market.

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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