Norfolk: Wiggenhall St Peter

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

Census

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 Peter.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter: Description and pictures.

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 Peter was in Downham Registration District.

Directories

Historical Geography

Wiggenhall St Peter 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 Peter became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was at Downham Market.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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