Norfolk: Wortwell

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Wortwell is about 11 miles E.N.E. of Diss.
It is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Redenhall with Harleston and Wortwell.
White's Directory of Norfolk for 1845 says "Harleston is a chapelry, and Wortwell a township, both in Redenhall parish."
See also Redenhall and Harleston.

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

The parish is in the deanery of Redenhall, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
There is no parish church.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Wortwell Congregational Chapel: Pictures and services.
Wortwell Congregational Chapel: Description, history and pictures.
Wortwell Old Baptist Chapel: Description, history and pictures.
Killick, Stanley E.: The Congregational churches of Harleston Wortwell Denton and Alburgh: a short history.
[Ramsgate, Kent, The Church Publishers, 1967?]
Read, John G.: Ordination of the Queen's Librarian at the Congregational Church, Wortwell 1843, and A brief History of the Congregational Churches at Wortwell with Harleston 1662-1848.
[Wortwell, J.G. Read, Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1955]

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Wortwell cum Harleston Independent Chapel: Burials 1810-37.
[No other information]

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Wortwell was in Depwade Registration District.

Description and Travel

Wortwell Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Pearce, Brian: Village appraisal with stories relating to life in Wortwell.
[Wortwell Parish Council, 2002]

Gazetteers and Directories

Wortwell is in Earsham hundred.

Land and Property

Inclosure: See Alburgh.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Wortwell became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham St Mary Magdalen (Pulham Market).

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