Norfolk: Wymondham

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Wymondham is about 9 miles S.W. of Norwich.
The name may also be found as Windham or Wyndham, which is how it is pronounced.
It is a very large parish and contains 6 divisions, called Downham, Market Street, Silfield, Suton, Town Green and Wattlefield.
Spooner Row is in the Wattlefield division.

Archives and Libraries

Wymondham Town Archive: Description, location, contents, etc.
Wymondham Heritage Museum: Description, pictures, etc.

Business and Commerce Records

Briton Brush Co.: The Briton Brush Co., Ltd., formerly S.D. Page and Sons, established 1746, D. Matthew and Son, established 1773.
[Wymondham, Briton Brush Co, Ltd, 1933]
Clark, Christine: A Brush with Heritage: the history of Hamilton Acorn, Norfolk brushmakers since 1746.
[ISBN 0906219418, UEA Centre of East Anglian Studies, 1996]
Manning, I.M.: The Co-operative Wholesale Society Brushworks, Wymondham.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.III, no.5, 1985]

Cemeteries

Church of the Holy Trinity at Spooner Row: Transcription of the single gravestone.
This is a link to an archived copy.
Wymondham Abbey and Wymondham Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions: [Parish Register Transcription Society, Medway Series, 2000?]

Census

1782: An occupational census of Wymondham.
[John Pound, 2003]
1891: Surname List
1891: Surname List for the Silfield division

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 Wymondham Abbey, and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St Thomas à Becket.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Wymondham Abbey: Services, clergy, description, history, organisations, pictures, etc.
Wymondham Abbey: Description and pictures.
Wymondham Abbey: Description and pictures of the stained glass windows.
Wymondham Abbey: Services, etc.
Cattermole, Paul: Wymondham Abbey: a history of the monastery and parish church.
[ISBN 0955489903, Wymondham Abbey Book Committee, 2007]
Jarvis, Frederick: Wymondham Abbey: 1107 A.D.
[Wymondham, The Abbey, 1954]
Martin-Jones, Samuel: Wymondham and its abbey.
[Wymondham, H.G. Stone, 1953]
Thomas, James Godfrey Tansley (Rev): The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Wymondham: a history and guide published to mark the 850th anniversary of its foundation in 1107.
[Birmingham, M.G. Parker, 1960s]
Yaxley, Susan: Wymondham Abbey before the Dissolution: the episcopal visitations of 1492-1532; translated from Latin into English with notes.
[ISBN 0948400021, Dereham, Larks Press, 1986]
Chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury: Description and pictures.
Millican, Percy: A brief history of Becket's Chapel, Wymondham.
[Wymondham, Geo. R. Reeve, 1940s]
Smith, Janet: Becket's Chapel, or the Chapel of St Thomas a Becket, Wymondham.
[1983]
Carthew, George Alfred: Extracts from papers in the church chest at Wymondham: Wymondham Gilds.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.9, 1884]
Farnhill, Ken: The religious gilds of Wymondham, c.1470-1550.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.42, 1996]
Garrard, Brenda: Wymondham parish gilds in the early sixteenth century.
[ISBN 0900616687, Wymondham, Geo.R. Reeve, 2003]
Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury: Services, description, history, pictures, etc.
Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury: Description and pictures.
Wymondham Baptist Church: Services, newsletters, events, etc.
Wymondham Congregational Church: Wymondham Congregational Church, 1652-1927: souvenir of the 275th anniversary celebrations.
[Wymondham, The Church, 1927]
Wymondham Congregational Church: Tercentenary celebration, 1952.
[Wymondham, The Church, 1952]
Wymondham Congregational Church: A statement of facts showing the treatment of some of the Independents at Wymondham, Norfolk, to their late minister, David Evans.
[Printed at the Observer Office, 1870s]
Wymondham Methodist Church: Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church.
Hughes, H. Trevor; and Garrard, Brenda M.: Methodism in Wymondham.
[Wymondham, Wymondham Heritage Society, 1990]
Wymondham Methodist Church: Methodist Church: Centenary Celebrations, 1870-1970.
[Wymondham, The Church, 1970]
Wymondham Fairland United Reformed Church: Services, description, history, pictures, etc.
Scarborough, Mary: The Story of the Fairland Church, 1652 to 1982.
[Wymondham, Fairland United Reformed Church, 1982]
Scarborough, Mary: Fairland United Reformed Church, Wymondham: 350th anniversary, 1652-2002.
[Wymondham, Fairland United Reformed Church, 2002]
Hawkins, Judy: The Friends Meeting House in Wymondham, 1654-1950, and some of the early Quakers, 1654-1800.
[Cambridge University Thesis, Certificate in Local History, 1970s]
Hawkins, Judy: The Quakers of Wymondham.
[Wymondham, Wymondham Society, 1984]
Church of the Holy Trinity at Spooner Row: Description and pictures.
Silfield Mission Church: Services, etc.

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Wymondham Primitive Methodists: Baptisms 1866-1880
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), Wymondham was in Forehoe Registration District.

Court Records

The Bridewell: The Wymondham Heritage Museum is in the Bridewell.
Batty Shaw, Patricia; and Batty Shaw, Anthony: Wymondham Magistrates and their Court House, the Bridewell, Wymondham.
[ISBN 1901553000, Wymondham Heritage Society, 1996]
Hawkins, Judy: The Wymondham Bridewell.
[Wymondham Heritage Society, 1987]
Jenson, Neil J.: Wymondham Bridewell: the hidden past: the 1995 archaeological investigation.
[ISBN 1901553019, Wymondham Heritage Society, 1997]
1713: Executions: Robert Barret and William Boughton

Description and Travel

Directories

Historical Geography

Wymondham 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

History

See also Description and Travel above.

Wymondham: History of the town.
Barringer, Christopher (Ed): Wymondham in the 17th Century.
[ISBN 0952207206, Wymondham, Workers' Educational Association, 1993]
Fereday, Richard: The construction and timber repairs of The Market Cross.
[2006]
Gardiner, John: Urban Wymondham in the 1780s: aspects of life in a Norfolk market town revealed by Easter Offering records.
[University of East Anglia, Centre for Continuing Education and the Workers' Educational Association, 1997]
Garner, Mary; and Wilson, John: Wymondham: history of a Norfolk market town.
[ISBN 1901553035, Wymondham, Wymondham Heritage Society, 2006]
Hoare, Adrian; and Hoare, Anne: Series: Remembering the home front in Wymondham, 1939-45.
- Wymondham firefighters and firewatchers.
- New faces in town.
- Wymondham women at war.
- Defending Wymondham and its people.
[Wymondham Heritage Society, 2005]
Hoare, Adrian: The Wymondham Story, a snapshot history of the Norfolk market town.
[ISBN 1901553078, Wymondham, Wymondham Heritage Society, 2004]
Reekie, Bill: Wymondham Gas Works.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.6, no.3, 1998]
Vertigan, R.G.: Centenary of the Wymondham Fire Brigade 1882-1982.
[Wymondham, Wymondham Fire Brigade, H.G. Stone, 1982]
Wilson, John; Howard, Philip; and Hickley, Andrew: Country and City: Wymondham, Norwich and Eaton in the 16th and 17th centuries: The Wymondham Town Book; Ordinances of the Norwich Carpenters' Company; and John Aldrich of Eaton's farm accounts.
[ISBN 0953829898, Norfolk Record Society, 2006]
Wilson, John Howard: Wymondham at the time of the fire of 1615.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library]
Wilson, John Howard: The Wymondham Market Cross.
[Wymondham, Wymondham Heritage Society, 1992]

Inventories, Registers and Catalogues

Wilson, J.H. (Ed): Wymondham Inventories, 1590-1641.
[ISBN 0906219132, Norwich, Centre of East Anglian Studies in association with the Norfolk and Norwich Branch of the Historical Association, 1986]

Land and Property

Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Unicorn House, 5 Cock Street, Wymondham: historical notes.
[1990]
Wilson, John Howard: Timber-framed houses in Wymondham, c1580-c1620.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library]
O'Carroll, P.F.: Field and place names of the parish of Wymondham.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1963]
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Pilgrim's Farm, Spooner Row, Wymondham: a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1990s]
Kelly, Geoffrey Ian: Turnpike Farm, Suton, Wymondham: historical notes.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1994]
Martens, Holger: Randall Burroughes' Farming Journal and his Agricultural Activities in the 1790s.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1990]
Wade Martins, Susanna and Williamson, Tom (Editors): The Farming Journal of Randall Burroughes (1794-1799).
[Norwich, Norfolk Record Society v.58, 1993]
Stanfield Hall: Pictures of the hall and estate.
Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of Claims (271): Wymondham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1806.
[1806]
Great Britain: Statute: Wymondham Inclosure Act, 1806.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Wymondham, in the county of Norfolk: 22nd March 1806.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1806]

Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

Spooner Row War Memorial: World Wars 1 and 2. This is a link to an archived copy.

Names, Personal

Jermy, of Stanfield Hall: See Norfolk People and Families
Rush, James Blomfield: See Norfolk People and Families

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

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

Population

Schools

Garrard, Brenda: Wymondham Grammar School: From founding in 1561 to closure in 1903.
[ISBN 1901553086, Wymondham Heritage Society, 2010]
Williams, Neal Harper: The History of Wymondham Grammar School, 1559-1903.
[ISBN 0950224502, 1978]
Wymondham High School: Wymondham School: 50th anniversary.
[Wymondham, 1989]
Wymondham College: Wymondham College, 1951-1991: a compilation of what has been written and said about the College over forty years.
[Wymondham, Wymondham College, 1991]
Garrard, Roger: Wymondham College: the first fifty years.
[ISBN 0954097009, Morley, Wymondham College Association, 2001]
Gleadhill, George: History of Browick Road School, Wymondham.
[no publication details]

Societies

Wymondham Heritage Society: Meetings, membership, etc.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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