Norfolk: West Poringland

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West Poringland is about 6 miles south south east of Norwich.
It is also called Little Poringland.
See also East Poringland.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church was dedicated to St Michael, but was dilapidated before 1540.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Directories

1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Historical Geography

West Poringland is in Henstead hundred.

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Arminghall

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 West Poringland became part of the Henstead Union, and the workhouse was at Swainsthorpe.

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