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Great Walsingham (Old Walsingham)
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"WALSINGHAM, (GREAT) or OLD WALSINGHAM, is a large parish and village, in the vale of the Stiffkey rivulet, 1 mile N. of the town of New Walsingham, containing 426 inhabitants, and 2,367 acres of land, belonging to a number of proprietors; the largest of whom is - the Rev. D.H. Lee-Warner, the lord of the manor, and patron of the CHURCH, (St. Peter,) which is an ancient fabric, . . . Here was formerly another church, dedicated to All Saints, and standing a little north of St. Peter's, but no vestiges of it now remain. The benefice is a donative, consolidated with Little Walsingham. The joint livings were valued in 1831 at £168, and the tithes were commuted in 1808. Berry Hall, a large ancient mansion, in the vale below the church, is the seat of John Brooke, Esq. . . . In 1674, Robert Ward, charged his estate with the yearly payment of 20s., to each of the parishes of Great Walsingham and Thursford, for the poor. The estate charged, belongs to the Flood family, except one moiety, which they have sold to Sir C. Chad. The poor of this parish have also a yearly rent-charge of 20s., left by Henry Graye, in 1601; and a Fuel Allotment of 12A. 1R. 7P., awarded at the enclosure, in 1810, and now let for £19 a year." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pamela Littlefair]
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It is now a small village. Its neighbour, Little (or New) Walsingham, is the location of the Anglican shrine, and is a much larger place.
A reference to "Walsingham" will usually mean "Little Walsingham".
See also Little Walsingham.
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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 Walsingham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.
There was also a church dedicated to All Saints.
- Church of St Peter
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Peter
- Services, etc.
- Linnell, Charles L.S.
- A Short Guide to St Mary's, Little Walsingham with St Giles', Houghton and St Peter's, Great Walsingham.
[Fakenham, Lancaster Press, 1960s]
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or 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), Great Walsingham was in Walsingham Registration District.
- Great Walsingham Tower Mill
- Description, history and picture.
- 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)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 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)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Great Walsingham (Old Walsingham) to another place.
Great Walsingham is in North Greenhoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for North Greenhoe Hundred
- Description of North Greenhoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
- Statement of Claims (59): Great Walsingham, Little Walsingham, and Houghton next Walsingham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1808.
[1809] - Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
- Statement of Claims (7): Great Walsingham, Little Walsingham, and Houghton next Walsingham: further claims.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1808.
[1809] - Great Britain: Statute
- Great Walsingham, Little Walsingham and Houghton St Giles Inclosure Act, 1808.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Great Walsingham, Little Walsingham, and Houghton next Walsingham, in the county of Norfolk: 27th May 1808.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1808]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF944376 (Lat/Lon: 52.900309, 0.888776), Great Walsingham (Old Walsingham) 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.
- Roll of Honour
- World War 1.
- After 1834 Great Walsingham became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.
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.
This has been found by the Norfolk transcribers for FreeREG, in the Gt Walsingham parish register of baptisms 1719-1782, marriages 1720-1753, and burials 1719-1783.
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