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Name | Little Witchingham |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.736°N 1.139°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England |
See also | Eynesford Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | St. Faiths Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1894-1935 | | St. Faiths and Aylsham Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1935-1974 | | Broadland District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Little Witchingham is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 3.01 km2 (1.16 sq mi) and had a population of 36 in 14 households at the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of Broadland and is located to the east of Great Witchingham.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Little Witchingham from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "WITCHINGHAM (Little), a parish in St. Faith [registration] district, Norfolk; 8½ miles E by S of Elmham [railway] station. Post town: Great Witchingham, under Norwich. Acres: 738. Real property: £1,342. Population: 33. Houses: 7. The living is a rectory, annexed to Great W. The church is old and plain."
Research Tips
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- England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
- England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
- England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
- England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
- England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901
- Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
- Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
- Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
- FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.
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