Norfolk: Great Walsingham

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Great Walsingham is about 5 miles N. of Fakenham.
It is also known as Old Walsingham.
It is now a small village. Its neighbour, Little (or New) Walsingham, is the location of the Anglican shrine, and is a much larger place. A reference to "Walsingham" will usually mean "Little Walsingham".
See also Little Walsingham.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Walsingham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.
There was also a church dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Peter: Pictures and short description.
Church of St Peter: Picture and short description.
Church of St Peter: Services, etc.
Linnell, Charles L.S.: A Short Guide to St Mary's, Little Walsingham with St Giles', Houghton and St Peter's, Great Walsingham.
[Fakenham, Lancaster Press, 1960s]

Church Records

Parish Register 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), Great Walsingham was in Walsingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Great Walsingham: Description and pictures.
Great Walsingham: Description and pictures.
Great Walsingham: Pictures.
Great Walsingham Tower Mill: Description, history and picture.

Gazetteers and Directories

Great Walsingham is in North Greenhoe hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (59): Great Walsingham, Little Walsingham, and Houghton next Walsingham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1808.
[1809]
Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (7): Great Walsingham, Little Walsingham, and Houghton next Walsingham: further claims.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1808.
[1809]
Great Britain: Statute: Great Walsingham, Little Walsingham and Houghton St Giles Inclosure Act, 1808.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Great Walsingham, Little Walsingham, and Houghton next Walsingham, in the county of Norfolk: 27th May 1808.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1808]

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World War 1.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

Population

This has been found by the Norfolk transcribers for FreeREG, in the Gt Walsingham parish register of baptisms 1719-1782, marriages 1720-1753, and burials 1719-1783.

June the 21st 1770. When Dr. Young, the Lord Bishop of Norwich,
held a Visitation at Fakenham, the Number of Houses in Walsingham
magna was 58, the Number of Men, Women & Children, 255.

M Powell, Minister.

1770.

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801   49 67 289

1811   68 69 347

1821   68 88 413

1831   94 94 434

1841   94 -- 426

1851 106 -- 476

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 110 --- 512

1871 107 109 480

1881   98 104 452

1891   91   92 422

1901   85   85 374

1911 ---   84 351

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

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