Norfolk: East Wretham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

East Wretham is about 6 miles N. of Thetford.
See also West Wretham.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Rockland, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St Ethelbert.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Ethelbert: Description and history.
Church of St Ethelbert: Picture of the church.

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

East and West Wretham: News, events, parish council, pictures, etc.
Raker, Melinda: Wretham: 900 years of a Norfolk estate.
[Boughtons Printers, 1995]
East Wretham Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
East Wretham Water Mill: Description and picture.

Directories

Historical Geography

East Wretham is in Shropham hundred.

Land and Property

East Wretham Heath Nature Reserve: Description and pictures.
East Wretham Heath Nature Reserve: Picture and map.

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour for East and West Wretham: World Wars 1 and 2.
East Wretham Airfield: Description and pictures.
Baldridge, Charlotte (Boyer): 359th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force: December 1943 - September 1945.
[Norfolk, Virginia, USA, Baldridge and Associates, 1994]
Smith, Jack H.: 359th Fighter Group, United States Army, 8th Air Force.
[ISBN 184176440X, Osprey, 2002]

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 East Wretham became part of the Thetford Union, and the workhouse was at Thetford.

Schools

East Wretham School: Description and picture.

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