Norfolk: Saxlingham

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Saxlingham is about 4 miles W. of Holt.
It is also called Saxlingham by Holt.
See also Saxlingham Nethergate and Saxlingham Thorpe.

Cemeteries

The Monumental Inscriptions in the Hundred of Holt (Walter Rye).: The parishes covered include Saxlingham.
See Thornage
Ketton-Cremer, Robert Wyndham: The Heydon monument at Saxlingham.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.34, 1969]
Rye, Walter: Rye's Norfolk Essays Vol 3: Norfolk mystics and the influence of Dr Dee, etc.
Includes a diagram of Lady Haywood's tomb and inscriptions from Saxlingham Church.
[Norwich, Roberts and Co., 1925]

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Holt, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Margaret: Description and pictures.
Church of St Margaret: Pictures of the church.
James, J.M.: St Margaret's Church, Saxlingham, a brief guide.
[Saxlingham, The Church, 1979]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
Archdeacons' Transcripts: Baptisms 1721-1811, Marriages 1729-1812 and Burials 1721-1812.
[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), Saxlingham was in Walsingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Directories

Historical Geography

Saxlingham is in Holt hundred.

Land and Property

Rose, Edwin J.: Saxlingham Place or Heydon Hall, Saxlingham: a description and the results of some recent excavations.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.38, 1983, and vol.40, 1987]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Saxlingham became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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