Norfolk: Whitwell

See Norfolk Parish Links for more information about this parish.
What's New in Genuki Norfolk.
Whitwell is about 11 miles N.W. of Norwich.
The parish is part of the Town of Reepham.
See also Reepham with Kerdiston.

Cemeteries

The parishes of Reepham with Kerdiston, Hackford and Whitwell share a churchyard and civil cemeteries.: See Reepham with Kerdiston.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Sparham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels.
The church was also used by the parishioners of Hackford, after their church burnt down in the 1500s.
It shares the same churchyard with the church of Reepham with Kerdiston.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Michael and All Angels: Description and pictures.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1559-1783, Banns 1755-1830, Marriages 1559-1648 and Burials 1559-1638.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
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), Whitwell was in Aylsham Registration District.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Directories

1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
(This is part of the entry for the town of Reepham).
1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
(This is part of the entry for the town of Reepham).

Historical Geography

Whitwell is in Eynsford Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Eynsford Hundred
Description of Eynsford Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Hackford near Reepham
Manning, Mary: Whitwell Hall Tannery.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.3, no.3, 1983]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

See Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Whitwell became part of the Aylsham Union, and the workhouses were at Buxton and Oulton. These were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham in 1849.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

These pages are for personal use only. They may not be copied, and the links within them may not be harvested for use on your own web pages. Please see the Copyright Notice.
If you use this information in your research, please say that it is from Genuki Norfolk.