Norfolk: Woodton

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Woodton is about 11 miles S.S.E. of Norwich.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1801: Heads of households, etc.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the Deanery of Brooke, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Services, location, description, history, pictures, bells, etc.
Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Hook, David, and Tricker, Roy: The Hempnall Group of Churches.
Bedingham St Andrew; Fritton St Catherine; Hardwick St Margaret; Hempnall St Margaret; Morningthorpe St John the Baptist; Shelton St Mary; Topcroft St Margaret; Woodton All Saints.
[Hempnall, Hempnall Group of Churches, 1987]

Church Records

Marriages 1538-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 5.
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), Woodton was in Loddon and Clavering Registration District.

Description and Travel

Woodton Village Pages: Description, history, news, maps, pictures, etc.
Woodton Post Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Woodton Mills: Description, location and picture.

Directories

Historical Geography

Woodton is in Loddon hundred.

History

Farrow, Charles W.; Goode, W.J.; and Baldwin, Louisa: History of Woodton, Norfolk.
[Lowestoft, Friends of the Round Tower Churches Society, 1980]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Woodton Inclosure Act, 1813.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Woodton, in the county of Norfolk: 21st May 1813.
[1813]

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Woodton became part of the Loddon and Clavering Union, and the workhouse was at Heckingham.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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