Norfolk: Little Witchingham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Little Witchingham is about 9 miles N.W. of Norwich.
See also Great 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 is dedicated to St Faith.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Faith: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Faith: Description, services, minister and pictures.
Wall Paintings in St Faith's Church: Scenes from the Passion Cycle, 14th century.
Barnes, Anthony: St Faith's Church, Little Witchingham, Norfolk.
[The Churches Conservation Trust, Series 4, No. 93, 1999]

Church Records

Campling, Arthur: Index of Marriages: Little Witchingham, 1565-1740.
[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), Little Witchingham was in St Faith's Registration District.

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Gazetteers and Directories

Little Witchingham is in Eynsford hundred.

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

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