Norfolk: Wiggenhall St German

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Wiggenhall St German is about 4 miles S.S.W. of King's Lynn.
It is also called Wiggenhall St Germans and Wiggenhall St Germain.
See also Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, and Wiggenhall St Peter.

Census

1851-1891: Census Transcripts and Village Notes (Brian Kell). [Publisher unknown]
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Marshland, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St German, or St Germain.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St German: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St German: Picture of the church.

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), Wiggenhall St German was in Downham Registration District.

Gazetteers and Directories

Wiggenhall St German is in Freebridge Marshland hundred.

Land and Property

Inclosure and Drainage: See Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Wiggenhall St German became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was at Downham Market.

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