Norfolk: Woodbastwick
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Woodbastwick is about 8 miles N.E. of Norwich.
It is also known as Wood Bastwick.
See also Repps with Bastwick.
Cemeteries
- Church of St Fabian and St Sebastian
- Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
Not all gravestones may be included, even when a site is marked
as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to
be photographed.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
Census
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
Church Directories
- In 1883 the parish was in the
Deanery of Blofield, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both
before and after this date.
- The parish church is dedicated to St Fabian and St Sebastian.
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Nearby Churches of all denominations.
Church History
- Church of St Fabian and St Sebastian
- Description, pictures, minister, services, parish magazine, etc.
- Church of St Fabian and St Sebastian
- Services, etc.
Church Records
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Woodbastwick with Panxworth Marriages 1561-1813
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 3.
- Marriages
- These are included in
Boyd's Marriage Index.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
Civil Registration
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837
and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Woodbastwick was in
Blofield Registration District.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration
Description and Travel
- Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
- Woodbastwick
- Description and pictures.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel
Directories
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
Historical Geography
Woodbastwick is in Walsham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Walsham Hundred
- Description of Walsham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
Land and Property
- Woodbastwick Hall
- Pictures of the hall.
- Penn, Kenneth
- Building Survey at Woodbastwick Old Hall, Woodbastwick, Norfolk.
[Norfolk Archaeological Unit (NAU), Report 959, 2004]
- Great Britain: Statute
- Woodbastwick Inclosure Act, 1779.
An act for dividing and inclosing the common or waste land
within the parish of Wood Bastwick, in the county of Norfolk.
[1779]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property
Maps
- Modern and Historical Maps
- Maps of the parish.
Military Records
- Roll of Honour
- World War 1.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Military Records
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc
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 | 48 | 48 | 230 |
1811 | 45 | 45 | 243 |
1821 | 28 | 45 | 236 |
1831 | 47 | 51 | 288 |
1841 | 52 | -- | 283 |
1851 | 52 | -- | 293 |
|
Year |
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Population |
1861 | 50 | -- | 294 |
1871 | 49 | 51 | 233 |
1881 | 48 | 51 | 210 |
1891 | 60 | 60 | 264 |
1901 | 57 | 57 | 281 |
1911 | -- | 59 | 262 |
|
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.
Voting Registers
See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers
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December 2015