Norfolk: Whittington

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Whittington is about 15 miles N.W. of Thetford.
See also Northwold.
Whittington was part of Northwold until 1874.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Cranwich, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is Christ Church.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

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), Whittington was in Thetford Registration District.

Description and Travel

Northwold and Whittington Village Life Magazine: Issues of the magazine up to 2003.
Wissey Valley Web Pages: Including Wereham, Wretton, West Dereham, Boughton, Stoke Ferry and Whittington in the Wissey Valley in West Norfolk.
Coates, Doris E. (editor): Victorian Whittington: Memoirs of Freddie T. Bush.
[Harpsden Press, 1989]

Gazetteers and Directories

Whittington is in Grimshoe hundred.

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Whittington became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.

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