Norfolk: Little Cressingham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Little Cressingham is about 7 miles S.S.E. of Swaffham.
See also Great Cressingham.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Cranwich, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Description and pictures.
Church of St Andrew: Description, history and picture.

Church Records

Farrow, Charles W.: Little Cressingham Parish Registers 1691-1837; transcribed and indexed.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Genealogical Society, The Parish Registers of Norfolk, Monograph Series No.20, 1987]
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), Little Cressingham was in Swaffham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Little Cressingham Smock Mill: Description.
Little Cressingham Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Little Cressingham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Apling, Harry: Little Cressingham Wind and Water Mill.
[Norwich, Norfolk County Council, Norfolk Windmills Trust, 1982]

Directories

Historical Geography

Little Cressingham is in South Greenhoe hundred.

Land and Property

See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Little Cressingham became part of the Swaffham Union, and the workhouse was at Swaffham.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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