Norfolk: East Winch

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East Winch is about 4 miles S.E. of King's Lynn.
See also West Winch.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1821: Numbers of households, males, females, etc.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Services, etc.
Alvis, Edward John: Sepulchral cross slabs in East Winch church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.16, 1907]

Church Records

Marriages 1690-1837: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 10.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Gazetteers and Directories

East Winch is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Wormegay and other parishes drainage act, 1815.
An act for draining and improving certain fen lands, low grounds and marshes, and other lands and grounds lying in the parishes of Wormegay, Shouldham, Marham, Middleton, Pentney, East Winch, and West Bilney, in the county of Norfolk: 28th June 1815.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1815]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 East Winch became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.

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 23 43 224

1811 33 63 280

1821 40 77 376

1831 47 91 466

1841 86 -- 440

1851 89 -- 469

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 89 --- 434

1871 93 102 436

1881 92 101 404

1891 87   87 367

1901 78   77 321

1911 --   80 338

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.

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