Norfolk: Castle Rising

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Castle Rising is about 4 miles N.E. of King's Lynn.
See also Castle Acre.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
Until 1847 it had been the Peculiar of the Rector of Castle Rising.
The parish church is dedicated to St Lawrence.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Lawrence: Description and pictures.
Church of St Lawrence: Picture of the church.
Bradfer-Lawrence, Harry Lawrence: Castle Rising: The Church of St Lawrence and the Hospital of the Holy and Undivided Trinity.
[West Norfolk and King's Lynn Newspaper Co, 1937]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Marriages.
Marriages 1573-1837: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 9.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Castle Rising was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.

Description and Travel

Castle Rising: Pictures.
Lingwood, Lemmon: Jarrold's Guide to Hunstanton.
The illustrated handbook to Hunstanton and neighbourhood, including Sandringham, Castle Rising, King's Lynn, Heacham, West Newton, and Snettisham.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1900s]
Taylor, William: The Pictorial Guide to Castle Rising, Norfolk.
[King's Lynn, William Taylor, 1858]
Castle Rising Post Mill: Description and history.
Castle Rising Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk

Historical Geography

Castle Rising is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

History

Beloe, Edward Milligen: Castle Rising: its castle and borough.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.12, 1895]
Bradfer-Lawrence, Harry Lawrence: Castle Rising: A short history of the Castle, Honour, Church, and Borough.
[The Author, 1932]
Brown, Reginald Allen: Castle Rising, Norfolk.
[ISBN 0116703423, London, English Heritage, 1987]
Dence, Colin S.: Portrait of a Village: Castle Rising.
[ISBN 0950708003, Castle Rising, 1980]
Taylor, William: The History and Antiquities of Castle Rising, Norfolk.
[King's Lynn, W. Taylor and Thew and Son, 1850]

Land and Property

Castle Rising Castle: Description, picture, opening times, etc.
Castle Rising Castle: Description and pictures.
Castle Rising Castle: Description, picture and map.
Castle Rising Castle: Description, history and pictures.
Bradfer-Lawrence, Harry Lawrence: Castle Rising, a short history and description of the castle with illustrations.
[King's Lynn, West Norfolk Newspapers, 1954]
Harrod, Henry: Castle Rising.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.4, 1855]
Harrod, Henry: Documents relating to Castle Rising with notices of the past and present state of the buildings.
[Norwich, Charles Muskett, 1852]
Liddiard, Robert: Castle Rising, Norfolk: A Landscape of Lordship.
[Anglo-Norman Studies Vol 22, 2000]
Liddiard, Robert: A Short History of Castle Rising and its owners.
[English Heritage, 2000]
Morley, Beric; and Gurney, David: Castle Rising Castle, Norfolk.
[ISBN 0905594231, Gressenhall, Field Archaeology Division, East Anglian Archaeology Report No.81, 1977]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Freebridge Lynn Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Names, Personal

Walpole: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Castle Rising became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.

Societies

Castle Rising History Group: Membership, projects, etc.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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