Norfolk: Wickhampton

Cemeteries

Census

• 1891: Surname List

Church Directories

• In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Blofield, 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 Andrew.
• Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Manning, Charles Robertson

Wickhampton Church: St Andrew.
[Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, In "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.7, 1872]

Wall Paintings in the Church of St Andrew:

St. Christopher
The Three Living and The Three Dead
The Seven Works of Mercy

Church Records

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Wickhampton was in Blofield Registration District.

Description and Travel

Directories

• 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
• 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Historical Geography

Parish outline and location.

See Parish Map for Walsham Hundred

Description of Walsham Hundred

1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute

Wickhampton Inclosure Act, 1811.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Wickhampton, in the county of Norfolk.
[1811]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps

Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

• After 1834 Wickhampton became part of the Blofield Union, and the workhouse was at Lingwood.

Voting Registers

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May 2002