Norfolk: Little Walsingham

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Little Walsingham is about 4 miles N. of Fakenham.
It is also known as New Walsingham.
It is a small town, much larger than Great (or Old) Walsingham, and developed because of the Anglican shrine (here) and Roman Catholic shrine (at Houghton St Giles). A reference to "Walsingham" will usually mean this place.
See also Great Walsingham and Houghton St Giles.

Cemeteries

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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 Mary.
The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is here.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Mary and All Saints: Services, etc.
Church of St Mary: Pictures of the church.
Barnes, John: St Mary's Church, Walsingham.
[Walsingham, The Church, 1982]
Lee-Warner, James: Little Walsingham Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.6, 1864]
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]
The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham: Description, history, pictures, etc.
The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham: Archives of the Anglican Shrine, with publications, reminiscences, pictures, etc
The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham: Description, history and pictures..
The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham: Description and history.
The Roman Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is at Houghton St Giles
Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation: Description, history and pictures.
Methodist Church: Minister, services, location, picture, etc.
Methodist Church: Description, history and pictures.
Hawkes, John E.: Methodism in Walsingham in the 19th century.
[ISBN 0950216747, 1998]
Russian Orthodox Church in Walsingham: Description, history and pictures, including the Church of the Transfiguration at Great Walsingham, and the Chapel of St Seraphim and the Chapel of the Mother of God at Little Walsingham.
Russian Orthodox Chapel of St Seraphim: Description, history and pictures.
Martin, A.R.: The Greyfriars of Walsingham.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.25, 1934/5]

The Walsingham Shrines and Pilgrimage

Bond, H. A.: The Walsingham story through 900 years, 1061-1961: a tribute for the 9th centenary of the shrine.
[Walsingham, Norfolk, Greenhoe Press, 1960]
Box, Hubert S.: The Story of Walsingham's Shrine: a brief history.
[Walsingham, The Guardians of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, 1978]
Dickinson, John Compton: The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.
[Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1956]
Fisher, Claude: Walsingham, a place of pilgrimage for all people.
[ISBN 0950889407, Walsingham, Salutation Press, 1983]
Fisher, Claude: Walsingham lives on.
[ISBN 085183289X, London, Catholic Truth Society, 1979]
Gillett, H.M.: Walsingham: the history of a famous shrine.
[London, Burns, Oates and Washbourne, 1950]
Gurney, Anne and Gurney, John: Walsingham: a place for pilgrimage.
[Walsingham, Walsingham Estate Co., 1976]
Pyle-Bridges, Dominic: Guide to the sanctuary of Our Lady of Walsingham, England's Nazareth.
[London, League of Anglican Loyalists, 1981]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: St Mary: Baptisms 1813-1880
Circuit Register Transcripts: Wesleyan Methodists: Baptisms
Independant Free Methodists: Baptisms 1835
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), Little Walsingham was in Walsingham Registration District.

Description and Travel

Little Walsingham: History, shrines, pictures, maps, tourist information, etc.
Little Walsingham: Description, history, organisations, pictures, etc.
Little Walsingham: History, shrines, tourist information, etc.
Little Walsingham: Description and pictures.
Little Walsingham: Description and pictures.
Little Walsingham: Description and pictures.
Walsingham Memories: Pictures, families, etc.
England's Nazareth: History, description and pictures.
Little Walsingham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Gilbert, Father: What to see in Walsingham: an historical guide book.
[Walsingham, Greyfriars, 1948]
Jepson, F.M.: Guide to Little Walsingham, Great Walsingham and Houghton-in-the-Hole.
[London, Jarrold and Sons, 1900s]
Landale, Scilla: Walk around and discover Walsingham.
[ISBN 0951941801, Walsingham, 1992]
Lingwood, Lemmon: The illustrated guide to Wells-next-the-Sea, including Holkham, Walsingham, Fakenham, and Districts: containing full description of Lord Nelson's birthplace.
[London, Jarrold, (18-?)]
Smith, Charles: A pocket guide to Walsingham.
[ISBN 026467135X, London, Mowbray, 1988]
Walsingham and District History Society: The Walsingham Millennium Book: interviews and recollections.
[Walsingham, Walsingham and District History Society, 2001]

Gazetteers and Directories

Little Walsingham is in North Greenhoe hundred.

Genealogy

Family History: Surnames being researched.

History

Burtt, Joseph: On certain guilds formerly existing in the town of Little Walsingham.
[London, Published at the Office of the Archaeological Institute, 1851]
Cobb, Peter G. (editor): Walsingham.
[ISBN 1872971008, White Tree Books, 1990]
Fears, Howard: A Norfolk community in decline: a social and economic history of Victorian Walsingham.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1999]
Goodrich, Percival John: Walsingham: its history and its shrines.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1937]
Rollings, Peter: Walsingham in times past.
[ISBN 0861570464, Chorley, Countryside Publications, 1981]

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Great Walsingham

Maps

Little Walsingham: Plan of the town.
Little Walsingham: Plan of the town.
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 Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

Population

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 208 228 1004

1811 232 232 1008

1821 227 252 1067

1831 227 250 1004

1841 240 --- 1155

1851 256 --- 1207

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 255 --- 1069

1871 255 293 1029

1881 227 258 1016

1891 234 254   936

1901 221 226   867

1911 --- 225   817

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.

1841 and 1851 Censuses: "The Return for Little Walsingham includes 50 persons in 1841, and 51 in 1851, in the House of Correction."
1861 Census: "The decrease of population in Little Walsingham parish is attributed partly to the removal of inmates from the Bridewell to Swaffham, Wymondham, and Norwich, partly to the breaking up of schools, and partly to the migration of labourers."

Schools

Walsingham Primary School: Information about the school.

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