Norfolk: Clenchwarton

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Clenchwarton is about 2 miles W. of King's Lynn.
The name may also be spelled Clenchwharton.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Marshland, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Margaret: Description and pictures.
Church of St Margaret: Services, etc.
Church of St Margaret: Pictures of the church.
Clenchwarton Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Archdeacon's Transcripts: Marriages
Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Parish Registers: Clenchwarton people in Tilney All Saints and Tilney cum Islington

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Clenchwarton Parish Council: Meetings, minutes, etc.
Challis, Chris: Memories of Clenchwarton.
[Colour Print, 1993]
Howard, Harry: Memories of Clenchwarton 1903-1968, the church and life on the farms.
[Clenchwarton, 1968]
Eggett, Thomas W. (editor): Clenchwarton as it was, to the present day, 100 years, 1900-2000. A record in photographs.
[Clenchwarton, Book Committee, 2000]
Clenchwarton Post Mill: Description and history.

Directories

Historical Geography

Clenchwarton is in Freebridge Marshland hundred.

Land and Property

Statement of Claims and Enclosure, 1796: See Walpole St Peter

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Clenchwarton became part of the Wisbech Union, and the workhouse was at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.

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   35 47 232

1811   39 55 350

1821   81 93 456

1831   53 70 478

1841 117 -- 597

1851 133 -- 789

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 133 --- 599

1871 146 160 636

1881 145 152 668

1891 138 139 608

1901 --- 128 588

1911 --- 143 628

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.

1851 Census: "The increase in population in Clenchwarton is referable to the temporary employment of 146 excavators upon the New Estuary, near Lynn Regis."
1841, 1851 and 1861 Censuses: The figures are from the population tables for Cambridgeshire.
1911 Census: There were 19 people in detached parts of the parish.

Voting Registers

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