Norfolk: Wendling

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Wendling is about 4 miles W. of East Dereham.

Cemeteries

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Census

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Brisley, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter and St Paul: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Services, etc.
Wendling Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.

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), Wendling was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.

Description and Travel

Olley, Stephen: The Book of Wendling, Longham and Beeston with Bittering.
[ISBN 1841144177, Halsgrove, 2005]
Wendling County Primary School: Centenary, 1876-1976: Notes on the Village.
[1976]

Gazetteers and Directories

Wendling is in Launditch hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Wendling Inclosure Act, 1814.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Wendling, in the county of Norfolk.
[1814]

Maps

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

Military History

Wendling Airfield: Description and pictures.
Wendling Airfield: Description and picture.
Wendling Airfield: Description.
USAAF Station 118: Description, history and pictures.
Bodle, Peter and Gilbert, John: The 392nd Bomb Group in Norfolk: a pictorial history of the USAAF's 392nd Bombardment Group at Wendling, during WWII.
[ISBN 0955191653, Stoke Ferry, Liberator Publishing, 2008]
Vickers, Robert E. Jr. and Rogers, J.V. (editor): The Liberators from Wendling: the combat story of the 392nd Bombardment Group (H) of the Eighth Air Force during World War Two.
[ISBN 0891260331, Albuquerque, 1977]
Vickers, Robert E. Jr. and Roberts, Keith E. (editor): Wendling's Crusaders. The men and their Missions. Remembrance of the missing.
[ISBN 0897459857, Albuquerque, 1996]

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Wendling became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.

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 32 47 229

1811 37 52 250

1821 43 71 351

1831 42 71 347

1841 66 -- 330

1851 78 -- 385

Year Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 78 -- 371

1871 78 88 368

1881 78 78 361

1891 75 78 393

1901 77 79 295

1911 -- 75 272

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.

1901 Census: "Including part of Hulver Street."

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