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"BABINGLEY, a small parish, 1 mile N.W. of Castle-Rising, and 5½ miles N.N.E. of Lynn, has only 54 inhabitants, and about 800 acres of land, a great part of which is in swampy meadows, through which a rivulet runs westward to the Wash. The Hon. Chas. Spencer Cowper is owner of the soil, lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, valued in the King's Book at £4 13s. 4d., and united with Sandringham, in the incumbency of the Rev. George B. Moxon. The CHURCH stands in the meadows, near an old cottage, and is said to be the first Christian Church erected in the county, - its patron Saint being Felix the Burgundian, who converted the East Angles. The tower and nave are in tolerable repair, but the chancel is in ruins. Chas. Bradfield, farmer, and John Pratt, farm-steward to Wm. Lewis, occupy the two farm-houses; and the other dwellings consist of a few cottages." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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The name may also be spelled Babingly.
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- 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 Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
- The parish church is dedicated to St Felix.
The former church is now in ruins. It was replaced with an iron church (a tin tabernacle) in the 1890s.
- Church of St Felix
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Felix (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Picture of the church.
- Former Church of St Felix
- Description and pictures of the ruins.
- Marriages 1662-1812
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 2.
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
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), Babingley was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.
- Babingley Post Mill
- Description.
- Babingley Water Mill
- Description.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Babingley to another place.
Babingley is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.
- Hurst, J.G.
- Seventeenth-century cottages at Babingley, Norfolk.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.32, 1961]
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Freebridge Lynn Registration District, 1836 (this is a link an archived copy) and nearby places.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF674264 (Lat/Lon: 52.80878, 0.481724), Babingley 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.
- After 1834 Babingley became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.
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.