Norfolk: King's Lynn
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King's Lynn is about 42 miles W. by N. of Norwich.
It is also known as Lynn and Lynn Regis.
See also North Lynn,
South Lynn
and West Lynn.
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- True's Yard Fishing Museum
- The museum of the old fishing community of the North End of
King's Lynn.
- King's Lynn Borough Archive
- Summary of holdings.
- Braithwaite, David
- Savage of King's Lynn: Inventor of machines and
merry-go-rounds.
[Cambridge, Stephens, 1975]
- Clark, Ronald H.
- Savages Limited, engineers, St. Nicholas Ironworks, King's
Lynn: A short history 1850-1964.
[King's Lynn, Savages, 1964]
- Hovell, Ethel Mary Wilkin
- A complete list of the inscriptions on the slabs, tablets
and monuments in the chapel of St Nicholas, King's Lynn
existing in the year 1937.
[King's Lynn, Oswell, 1937]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- Church of St Margaret
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Margaret
- Description, history and pictures.
- Church of St Margaret
- Pictures.
- Chapel of St Nicholas
- Description and pictures.
- Chapel of St Nicholas
- Description, history and pictures.
- The Fen and Marshland Churches
- This includes King's Lynn St Margaret and St Nicholas.
See Walsoken.
- Red Mount, or Our Lady's Chapel
- Description and pictures.
- Chapel of St James
- Description and picture.
- Church of St John
- Description and pictures.
- Catholic Church of the Annunciation
- Description and pictures.
- London Road Methodist Chapel
- Description and picture.
- London Road Methodist Chapel
- Description, minister, services, location, picture, etc.
- Highgate Methodist Chapel
- Description, minister, services, location, picture, etc.
- Baptist Church
- Services, etc.
- Archdeacon's Transcripts
- Marriages at the Church of St Margaret.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's
Marriage Registers.
- Ministers of the Church of St Margaret
- 16th-20th centuries.
- Week-Day Prayers
- Statement by Thomas Pyle.
- Beloe, Edward Milligen
- Extracts from the Chapel Warden's accounts (St Nicholas Chapel,
King's Lynn) from the year 1616 to the date of the restoration of
His Most Sacred Majesty King Charles the Second.
[King's Lynn, 1926]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), King's Lynn was in
King's Lynn Registration District.
- Beloe, Edward Milligen
- The Guildhall Court of King's Lynn.
[King's Lynn, 1923]
Web Sites
These include history, pictures, tourism, organisations, businesses,
news, events, etc.
- King's Lynn Online
- History, events, pictures, businesses, etc.
- King's Lynn
- Description, history and pictures.
- Picture Tour of King's Lynn
- Description and pictures.
Published Works
- Anckorn, Gordon
- A West Norfolk camera: King's Lynn, Wells & Wisbech in old
photographs.
[ISBN 0906798086, Ashgrove Press, 1981]
- Hornsey, Brian
- Ninety years of cinema in Kings Lynn.
[ISBN 1873969260, Stamford, Fuchsiaprint, 1993]
- Taylor, William
- The pictorial guide to King's Lynn, Norfolk.
[King's Lynn, 1848]
- Winton, Michael John
- King's Lynn as it was, 1865-1918, with illustrations.
[ISBN 0902907182, Nelson, Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd, 1972]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
King's Lynn is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.
- History of Medieval Lynn
- Buildings, government, economy, etc.
- History of King's Lynn
- History.
- History of King's Lynn
- History and pictures.
- Beloe, Edward Milligen
- Freebridge Marshland Hundred and the making of Lynn.
[Norwich, Goose, 1896]
- Beloe, Edward Milligen
- Our borough: our churches: (King's Lynn, Norfolk): with an
afterwork, The art of the Renaissance in King's Lynn.
[Cambridge, Macmillan & Bowes, 1899]
- Day, James Wentworth
- Kings Lynn and Sandringham through the ages.
[Ipswich, East Anglian Magazine Ltd, 1977]
- Hillen, Henry J.
- History of the Borough of King's Lynn.
[Norwich, East of England Newspaper Co., 1907]
[ISBN 0715813056 0715813064 0715813072, Wakefield, EP Publishing,
Facsimile reprint of 1st edition, 1978]
- Mackerell, Benjamin
- The history and antiquities of the flourishing corporation
of King's Lynn in the county of Norfolk.
[London, Birt, 1738]
- Metters, George Alan
- The Rulers and merchants of King's Lynn in the early
seventeenth century.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1982]
- Owen, Dorothy M. (ed)
- The Making of King's Lynn: a documentary survey (c1090-c1400).
[ISBN 0197260276, Published for the British Academy by the Oxford
University Press, Records of social and economic history, New
series, 9, 1984]
- Parker, Vanessa
- The making of Kings Lynn: secular buildings from the 11th to the
17th century.
[ISBN 0900592583, Phillimore, 1971]
- Parkin, Charles
- The topography of Freebridge Hundred and Half in the county
of Norfolk: containing the history and antiquities of the
borough of King's Lynn.
[King's Lynn, W. Whittingham, 1762]
- Perrott, Vera
- Life and leisure in Victoria's Lynn.
[ISBN 0952597217, Seaford, Vista Books, 1995]
- Perrott, Vera
- Victoria's Lynn: Boom and Prosperity.
[ISBN 0952597209, Seaford, Vista, 1995]
- Richards, Paul
- King's Lynn.
[Chichester, Phillimore, 1990]
- Richards, William
- The history of Lynn (from the earliest accounts to the
present time). 2 vols.
[Lynn, Whittingham, 1812]
- Rodliffe, Rosemary and Stan
- Glimpses of Fiddaman's Lynn.
Life in Lynn during the latter half of the 19th century, seen
through the eyes of James Fiddaman as he rises from humble origins
at Fakenham to become the wealthy host of Fiddaman's hotel in
Norfolk street.
Extracts and notes, including a list of surnames.
[ISBN 0953935604, 2000]
- Taylor, William
- The antiquities of King's Lynn, Norfolk.
[Lynn, Thew, 1844]
- Tuck, James
- Let's look at Lynn
[ISBN 0951419005, 1988]
- Winton, Michael John
- Vintage King's Lynn (c1870-1945).
[ISBN 0860670082, Nelson, Hendon Publishing Co., 1976]
- Yaxley, Susan
- The Siege of King's Lynn, 1643 (Civil War).
[ISBN 094840020X, Dereham, Larks, 1993]
- Town Plan of King's Lynn
- Showing streets, buildings, river, etc.
- Map of the Borough of Kings Lynn, 1102-1537
- From E. M. Beloe's "Our Borough: Our Churches: Kings Lynn,
Norfolk", 1899.
- Map of Kings Lynn, 1581
- from H. Harrod's "Report on the Deeds & Records of the Borough of
King's Lynn, 1874.
- Plan of Lynn, 1812
- From William Richards' "The history of Lynn", 1812.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for King's Lynn Registration District, 1836
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish and nearby places.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Maps
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- Aickman
- See Norfolk People and Families
- Kempe
- See Norfolk People and Families
- Vancouver
- See Norfolk People and Families
See Norfolk Newspapers.
For example: the Lynn Advertiser and the West Norfolk Herald.
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
The workhouse was in this parish.
- King's Lynn Union Parishes
- List of parishes in the union.
- King's Lynn Poor Law Union and Workhouse
- Description and pictures.
- King's Lynn Workhouse, at the Chapel of St James
- Description, history and pictures.
This is a link to an archived copy.
- Avis, Anthony
- A reminiscence of King Edward VII Grammar School, King's Lynn,
1938-1945.
[Ilkley?, 1991]
- Avis, Anthony
- Supplement to "A reminiscence of King Edward VII Grammar School,
King's Lynn".
[Ilkley?, 1993]
- King's Lynn Waites
- Medieval, Tudor and Renaissance Town Band.
- The King's Morris
- The Morris Dancing team of King's Lynn.
- Glasier, J.S.B.
- (Freemasons) History of Philanthropic Lodge, King's Lynn,
no. 107.
[King's Lynn, George Oswell, 1911]
- (No author)
- A Calendar of the freemen of Lynn 1292-1836.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, 1913]
- Harrod, Henry
- Report on the deeds and records of the Borough of King's Lynn.
[King's Lynn, Thew and Son, 1874]
