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"DEREHAM (WEST) parish has a scattered village, 4 miles S.E. by E. of Downham, and contains 544 inhabitants, and about 3,500 acres of land, mostly the property of G.S. Kett, and William Bagge, Esqrs. The former is lord of the manor, which was once celebrated for its splendid ABBEY, standing about a mile south of the village, environed with wood and water, and founded in 1188, by a native of this parish - Hubert Walter, Dean of York, and successively Bishop of Salisbury, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor, in the reign of Richard I. . . . The old Gate-house or entrance tower, is still standing. . . . The CHURCH, (St. Andrew,) is an ancient fabric, . . . and has several handsome monuments to the Dereham family, . . . has a fine statue of Colonel Edmund Soames, of Dereham Grange," [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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West Dereham is about 12 miles S. of King's Lynn.
See also East Dereham.
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- Church of St Andrew
- Transcriptions of memorials in the church, the war memorial, and gravestones in the churchyard.
This is a link to an archived copy.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1841, 1861 and 1871: Surname Lists
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Fincham, 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 dedicated to St Andrew.
- Church of St Andrew
- Minister, services, church guide, location, pictures, etc.
- Church of St Andrew
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Andrew
- Services, etc.
- Church of St Andrew
- Pictures of the church.
- Church of St Andrew
- Description and pictures of the stained glass windows.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
They are not included in Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), West Dereham was in Downham Registration District.
- West Dereham Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
- Wissey Valley Web Pages
- Including Wereham, Wretton, West Dereham, Boughton, Stoke Ferry and Whittington in the Wissey Valley in West Norfolk.
- Pictures of West Dereham
- Old postcards and new photographs.
- West Dereham Post Mill
- Description.
- 1831: Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1908: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
- 1933: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from West Dereham to another place.
West Dereham is in Clackclose Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Clackclose Hundred
- Description of Clackclose Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Shaw, Christopher
- Denver, Downham Market and Bexwell, Welney, West Dereham: a brief history for local and family historians.
[Printed by Spindrift Print and Publishing, Series: Downham Market and around Book 2, 2009]
- Drainage
- See Stoke Ferry
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF658010 (Lat/Lon: 52.581096, 0.445802), West Dereham which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- War Memorial
- World War 1.
- War Memorial
- World War 2.
- After 1834 West Dereham became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was at Downham Market.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.
- West Dereham Heritage Group
- Use a search engine eg. "Google" and input "west dereham heritage"
to locate their Facebook page.
Meetings, etc.