Norfolk: North Pickenham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

North Pickenham is about 3 miles S.E. of Swaffham.
See also South Pickenham.

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 Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms and Marriages.
Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
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), North Pickenham was in Swaffham Registration District.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Directories

Historical Geography

North Pickenham is in South Greenhoe hundred.

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Great Fransham.

Maps

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

Military History

North Pickenham Airfield: Description and pictures.
North Pickenham Airfield: Description and pictures.
North Pickenham Airfield: Wartime Memories Project.
Bodle, Peter: The 492nd and 491st Bomb Groups in Norfolk: A pictorial history of the USAAF's 492nd and 491st Bombardment Group at North Pickenham, during WWII.
[ISBN 0955191629, Stoke Ferry, Liberator Publishing, 2006]
Ives, Russell: 89 days: The 492BG(H) at North Pickenham.
[ISBN 1900497069, Huddersfield, 1998]
Janton, Robin C.: The two squadrons that were one: The story of the 859th Bombardment Squadron(heavy), North Pickenham, England, May to August 1944, which became the 788th Bombardment Squadron (heavy), Rackheath, England, August 1944 to June 1945.
[Nelsonville Ohio, Tribune Quality Printing, 2003]

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 North Pickenham became part of the Swaffham Union, and the workhouse was at Swaffham.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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