Norfolk: Wicklewood

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Wicklewood is about 3 miles W. of Wymondham.

Cemeteries

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Census

Forehoe Incorporation Workhouse was in this parish.
1881: Forehoe Incorporation Workhouse
1891: Wicklewood: Surname List
1891: Forehoe Incorporation Workhouse: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew and All Saints.
There were originally two churches, but that dedicated to St Andrew was in ruins in the 14th century.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Andrew and All Saints: Description, history, minister, services, picture, etc.
Church of St Andrew and All Saints: Description and pictures.

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), Wicklewood was in Forehoe Registration District.

Description and Travel

Wicklewood Archive: for Wicklewood and Crownthorpe.: Description, history, school, pictures, etc.
Wicklewood and Crownthorpe Parish Council: Parish councillors, minutes, newsletters, etc.
Wicklewood Village Pages: Wicklewood in wartime, parish magazine, pictures, etc. This is a link to an archived copy.
Wicklewood Hackford Road Towermill: Description, history and pictures.
Wicklewood High Street Towermill: Description, history and pictures.
Wicklewood Grain Windmill: Picture of the mill.
Apling, Harry: Wicklewood Mill.
[Norfolk Windmills Trust, 1982]
Norfolk Windmills Trust: Wicklewood Windmill.
[Norfolk Windmills Trust, 1981]
Wade, Denis: Wicklewood Mill - recollections.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.1, no.5, July 1973]

Directories

Historical Geography

Wicklewood is in Forehoe Hundred.

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

Land and Property

Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims: Wicklewood (46).
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1808.
[1808]
Great Britain: Statute: Wicklewood Inclosure Act, 1808.
An act for dividing lands in the parish of Wicklewood, in the county of Norfolk, 27th May 1808.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1808]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1776 Wicklewood became part of the Forehoe Incorporation, and the workhouse was in this parish.

Forehoe Incorporation: Parishes in the union, etc.
Forehoe Incorporation and Workhouse: Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845.
Forehoe Incorporation and Workhouse: Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1883.
Forehoe Incorporation and Workhouse: Description and pictures.
Forehoe Incorporation: Description, cases, etc.
This is a link to an archived copy.
Garner, Mary: The Early History of Wicklewood House of Industry and the Forehoe Corporation 1770-1837.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis (Diploma in Local History), 1999]
Garner, Mary: Sir Armine Wodehouse, and the founding of the Wicklewood House of Industry.
[Norwich, Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group, in "The Bulletin of the Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group", no.9, 2000]

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	46	65	696
1811	48	72	534
1821	56	70	672
1831	111	113	787
1841	132	--	775
1851	151	--	894

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	146	--	806
1871	146	160	802
1881	133	133	730
1891	136	144	686
1901	133	133	626
1911	--	138	634

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.

1831 Census: "The House of Industry for the Hundred of Forehoe, containing 236 Inhabitants, is situate in the Parish of Wicklewood, and included in that Return."
1841 and 1851 Censuses: "The Return for Wicklewood Parish includes 135 persons in 1841, and 192 in 1851, in the Forehoe Union Workhouse."
1861 Census: "The decrease of population in the parish of Wicklewood is attributed to a reduction in the number of inmates in the Union Workhouse."
1911 Census: Out of the population of 634, 125 were in 4 large establishments or institutions.

Voting Registers

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