Norfolk: Gimingham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Gimingham is about 7 miles S.E. of Cromer.
The name may also be spelled Gimmingham.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of North Erpingham (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Gimingham.
See Trunch

Census

One of the workhouses for Erpingham Union was in this parish, until 1850.
1841: Gimingham
1841: Gimingham Workhouse
1891: Gimingham: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Repps, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Services, location, etc.
Church of All Saints: Description, pictures, etc.
Trunch Team Ministry: A brief guide to the eleven churches of the Trunch Team Ministry.
Antingham (St Mary, and St Margaret), Bradfield (St Giles), Gimingham (All Saints), Knapton (St Peter and St Paul), Mundesley (All Saints), Paston (St Margaret), Southrepps (St James), Swafield (St Nicholas), Thorpe Market (St Margaret of Antioch), Trimingham (St John) and Trunch (St Botolph).
[Trunch, Trunch Team Ministry, 1990s]

Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts: Baptisms 1725-1811, Marriages 1725-1811 and Burials 1735-1811.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in 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), Gimingham was in Erpingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Village Forum: Description, history, pictures, school, etc.
Gimingham Post Mill: Description, history and map.
Gimingham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Gazetteers and Directories

Gimingham is in North Erpingham hundred.

History

Hoare, Christobel M.: The History of an East Anglian Soke: studies in original documents.
[Bedford, Bedfordshire Times Publishing Company, 1918]
Hoare, Christobel M.: The Last of the Bondmen in a Norfolk Manor.
Gimingham in the 16th century.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.19, 1917]
Smith, Jean; and Smith, Graham: The Village of Gimingham.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, Journal, vol.7, no.1, 2001]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Erpingham 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

In 1805 a House of Industry was built at Gimingham. After 1834 Gimingham became part of the Erpingham Union, and the workhouses were in this parish, and at Sheringham. These were replaced by a new workhouse at West Beckham in 1850.

Norfolk Poor Law Unions and Incorporations before 1834: See Gimingham.
Erpingham Union: Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845.
Erpingham Union Parishes: List of parishes in the union.
Erpingham Poor Law Union and Workhouses: Description and pictures.

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