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Northwold is about 12 miles N.W. of Thetford.
See also Whittington, which was part of Northwold until 1874.

Cemeteries

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Census

1787: Names, occupations, etc.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Cranwich, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew: Services, description, history, pictures, etc.
Cotton, Simon and Tricker, Roy: St Andrew's Church, Northwold.
[Holt, Norfolk Churches Trust, 1980s]
Norris, Dr J.A.: St Andrew, Northwold: Church History and Guide.
[Printed edition, 2003]
[Web edition, 2007]

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Millican, Percy: Northwold Churchwardens' Accounts, 1626-1795.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol 28, 1945]

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Northwold and Whittington Village Life Magazine: Issues of the magazine.
Northwold Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Northwold is in Grimshoe Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Grimshoe Hundred
Description of Grimshoe Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

History

1814: Subscription and Dinner: To Celebrate Peace between England and France, with names of the subscribers.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Northwold Inclosure Act, 1796.
An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing the common fields, whole year lands, half year lands, commons, fen grounds, and waste lands, within the parish of Northwold, in the county of Norfolk.
[1796]
Drainage: See Stoke Ferry

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Northwold became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.

Voting Registers

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