Norfolk: Wramplingham

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Wramplingham is about 8 miles W. of Norwich.

Cemeteries

Not all memorials may be included, even when a transcription is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be read or photographed.

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society: Memorial Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of St Peter and St Paul, Wramplingham, Norfolk.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2014]

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Peter and St Paul: Description and pictures.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Services, etc.
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Pictures of the church.

Church Records

Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Archdeacons' Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Barford and Wramplingham Parish Council: Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
Wramplingham Post Mill: Description and map.
Wramplingham Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.

Directories

Historical Geography

Wramplingham is in Forehoe Hundred.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Forehoe Hundred
Description of Forehoe Hundred: 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Wramplingham Inclosure Act, 1813.
An act for inclosing land in the parish of Wramplingham, in the county of Norfolk.
[1813]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1776 Wramplingham became part of the Forehoe Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Wicklewood.

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	20	26	161
1811	20	31	163
1821	25	38	215
1831	29	49	247
1841	47	--	236
1851	52	--	245

Year	Inhabited Houses	Families	Population
1861	48	--	194
1871	47	48	211
1881	42	43	181
1891	41	41	172
1901	40	40	175
1911	--	36	168

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.

1861 Census: "The decrease in Wramplingham parish is attributed partly to the removal of dilapidated houses, and partly to the migration of young persons."

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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