Norfolk: Wacton

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Wacton is about 8 miles N.N.E. of Diss.

Census

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Depwade, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Wacton Millennium Project: Restoration and research into the church and churchyard.

Church Records

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), Wacton was in Depwade Registration District.

Gazetteers and Directories

Wacton is in Depwade hundred.

History

Fenner, Alayne: Looking back at Wacton.
In East Anglian Studies: Essays presented to J. C. Barringer on his retirement; edited by Adam Longcroft and Richard Joby.
[Norwich, Marwood Publishing, 1995]
Kelly, Geoffrey: Wacton Hall: a history.
[Unpublished typescript in Norwich Library (Norfolk Studies), 1988]

Maps

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

Newspapers

: Long Stratton and Wacton Village Magazine, 1980-1998.
[Bound copies in Norwich Library (Norfolk Studies)]

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Wacton became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham St Mary Magdalen (Pulham Market).

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