Norfolk: Great Witchingham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Great Witchingham is about 10 miles N.W. of Norwich.
It includes the village of Lenwade.
See also Little Witchingham.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Sparham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church of Great Witchingham is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The church at Lenwade is dedicated to St Faith. It was formerly the Mission Church of All Saints, and this dedication was transferred to it when the Little Witchingham building became redundant.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary at Great Witchingham: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Mary at Great Witchingham: Description, services, minister and pictures.
The Church: A guide to St Mary's Parish Church, Great Witchingham, Norfolk.
[Hillingdon, Cathay Press, 1976]
Church of St Faith at Lenwade: Description and pictures.
Church of St Faith at Lenwade: Description, services, minister and picture.
Bolingbroke, Leonard G.: The Reformation in a Norfolk Parish. (Great Witchingham)
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology" vol.13, 1898]

Church Records

Campling, Arthur: Index of Marriages: Great Witchingham, 1539-1658 and 1722-1752.
[Handwritten list in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1930s]
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in 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), Great Witchingham was in St Faith's Registration District.

Description and Travel

Great Witchingham Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Lenwade Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Gazetteers and Directories

Great Witchingham is in Eynsford hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Great Witchingham Inclosure Act, 1809.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Great Witchingham, in the county of Norfolk: 12th May 1809.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1809]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Great Witchingham became part of the St Faith's Union, and the workhouse was at Horsham St Faith.

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