Norfolk: West Walton

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

West Walton is about 3 miles N.E. of Wisbech, which is in Cambridgeshire.
See also East Walton.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Marshland, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description and pictures.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description, history, pictures, etc.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Picture of the bell tower.
Dann, Stephen; Elliott, Ken; and Anderson, Andrew: West Walton Church, Norfolk.
[Wisbech, Balding and Mansell, 1967]
The Fen and Marshland Churches: This includes West Walton.
See Walsoken.
West Walton Highway Methodist Church: Address, minister, picture, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register and Archdeacon's Transcripts: Marriages
Baptisms and Burials (search main index).
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), West Walton was in Wisbech Registration District.

Description and Travel

West Walton Highway Mill: Description, history and pictures.
West Walton Ingleborough Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

West Walton is in Freebridge Marshland hundred.

Land and Property

Davison, Alan J.: The Manors of West Walton.
(15th-16th century).
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.42, 1997]
Sanders, H.G. and Eley, Geoffrey.: Farms of Britain.
Including a chapter about farming at Hill House, West Walton.
[Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1946]
Silvester, Robert J.: West Walton, the development of a siltland parish.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.39, 1985/6]
Statement of Claims and Enclosure, 1796: See Walpole St Peter
Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims: West Walton.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1819.
[1819]
Great Britain: Statute: West Walton Inclosure Act, 1819.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of West Walton, in the county of Norfolk, 21st June 1819.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1819]
[London, Dorington and Son, 1819]

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Wisbech 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 West Walton became part of the Wisbech Union, and the workhouse was at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.

Population

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

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801 --- --- 513

1811 102 115 552

1821 143 168 735

1831 170 174 905

1841 177 --- 954

1851 197 --- 999

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 201 --- 950

1871 195 220 935

1881 185 198 860

1891 198 199 904

1901 202 202 864

1911 --- 239 984

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.

1911 Census: "There were 61 people in 3 detached parts of the parish."

Voting Registers

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