Wimbotsham Norfolk Family History Guide
Wimbotsham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1562
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1698
Nonconformists include: Methodist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Denver
- Stow Bardolph
- Downham Market
- Crimplesham
- Bexwell
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WIMBOTSHAM, a parish, with a village, in Downham district, Norfolk; 1½ mile NE of Downham r. station. It has a post-office under Downham.
Acres, 2,015. Real property, £3,995. Pop. in 1851, 606; in 1861, 508. Houses, 112. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Sir T. Hare, Bart.
The living is a rectory, annexed to Stow-Bardolph. The church was restored in 1854.
There are two Methodist chapels.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Norfolk
- Civil Registration District: Downham
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk
- Diocese: Norwich
- Rural Deanery: Fincham
- Poor Law Union: Downham
- Hundred: Clackclose
- Province: Canterbury