Norfolk: West Wretham

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

West Wretham is about 6 miles N.E. of Thetford.
See also East 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 Lawrence, but it has been in ruins since before 1845.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

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), West Wretham was in Thetford Registration District.

Description and Travel

East and West Wretham: News, events, parish council members and minutes, pictures, etc.
Raker, Melinda: Wretham: 900 years of a Norfolk estate.
[Boughtons Printers, 1995]

Gazetteers and Directories

West Wretham is in Shropham hundred.

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.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

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