Norfolk: Fincham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Fincham is about 10 miles S.S.E of King's Lynn.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1831: Numbers of households, males, females, etc.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Fincham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Martin.
There was also a church dedicated to St Michael but it was destroyed in 1744.
There are references to St Martin with St Michael.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Martin: Description and pictures.
Church of St Martin: Picture of the church.
Church of St Martin: Picture of the church.
Church of St Martin: Gargoyles on the church.
Fincham Rectory: Picture of the Rectory.

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Diptheria Epidemic in 1863: From the burial registers.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Fincham Village Pages: Description, history, church, pictures, etc.
Fincham Village Pages: Description, history, church, parish council, maps, pictures, etc.
Fincham Post Mill: Description, history and map.

Gazetteers and Directories

Fincham is in Clackclose hundred.

History

Blyth, Rev William: Historical notices and records of the village and parish of Fincham in the county of Norfolk.
[King's Lynn, printed by Thew and Son, 1863]
(Contents of the book)

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Fincham Inclosure Act, 1772.
An act for dividing, allotting and inclosing, the common fields, half year inclosures and commons, and waste lands, within the parish of Fincham, in the county of Norfolk.
[1772]

Maps

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

Military Records

Names, Personal

Aylmer: See Norfolk People and Families
Fincham: See Norfolk People and Families
Helsham, Crowe, etc.: See Norfolk People and Families
Musuru: "Madam Musuru, wife of the Turkish Ambassador was taken ill at the Indian House Ball, given to the Sultan, on Friday July 19th 1867, and died quickly."
This was found by the Norfolk transcribers for FreeREG. It was handwritten on a cutting from "THE RECORD" newspaper, stuck to the cover of the Fincham register of burials 1863-1931. The cutting is a philosophical paragraph about The tragic side of life, perhaps chosen for its suitability for a burial register. It is not known what the Musuru connection is with Fincham.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

Voting Registers

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