Norfolk: South Wootton

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South Wootton is about 2 miles N. of King's Lynn.
See also North Wootton.

Cemeteries

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Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

Until 1857, the parish was in the Peculiar of Castle Rising.
In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description, history, services, minister, pictures, etc.
Church of St Mary the Virgin: Description and pictures.
Webster, John: St Mary's Church, South Wootton.
With list of rectors 1349-1964, and curates 1754-1842.
[South Wootton, The Church, 1967]

Church Records

Marriages 1556-1837: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 9.
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), South Wootton was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.

Description and Travel

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Directories

Historical Geography

South Wootton is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

History

Sykes, D.M.M.: The Search for a Small Community: South Wootton, c.1600-1720.
[University of Cambridge Board of Extra-mural Studies, 1990]

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Gaywood.

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 South Wootton became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.

Voting Registers

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