Norfolk: Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin

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Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin is about 5 miles S.S.W. of King's Lynn.
It is also called just Wiggenhall St Mary.
See also Wiggenhall St German, Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, and Wiggenhall St Peter.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Lynn Marshland, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Picture of the church.
Redundant Churches Fund: St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall, Norfolk: Visitors' guide.
[Redundant Churches Fund, 1989]

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Archdeacon's Transcripts: Marriages

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 Mary the Virgin was in Downham Registration District.

Gazetteers and Directories

Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin 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
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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

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