Hide

Wiggenhall St Peter

hide
Hide

"WIGGENHALL ST. PETER lies north of the above [ie Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen], 4½ miles S.S.W. of Lynn. It is a parish with five scattered farm-houses, a few cottages, 112 inhabitants, and 900 acres of land, of which 599A. are on the west, and 301A., with the church and houses, on the east side of the Great Ouse river. The soil belongs to the Rev. J. Royle, J. Patrick, Esq., Mrs. Marriott, Rev. J. Metcalf, Rev. J. Cary, and the Cator and Hall families. The Church has a square tower, with only one bell, and the living is a vicarage, valued in the King's Book at £6, and in 1831 at £85. It is in the patronage of the Crown, and incumbency of the Rev. R.T. Powell. Mr. John King Hall, who has an estate here, is impropriator of the rectory." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

Hide
Hide
topup

Census

topup

Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Marshland, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
  • The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.
topup

Church History

Church of St Peter
Description and pictures.
topup

Church Records

Marriages
These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Archdeacon's Transcripts
MarriagesThis is a link to an archived copy.
topup

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Wiggenhall St Peter was in Downham Registration District.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Civil Registration

topup

Description & Travel

You can see pictures of Wiggenhall St Peter which are provided by:

topup

Gazetteers

topup

Historical Geography

Wiggenhall St Peter is in Freebridge Marshland hundred.

topup

Land & Property

Inclosure and Drainage
See Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen
topup

Maps

Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for Downham Registration District, 1836 and nearby places.This is a link to an archived copy.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF605134 (Lat/Lon: 52.694697, 0.373705), Wiggenhall St Peter which are provided by:

topup

Poor Houses, Poor Law