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"WEREHAM is a pleasant village, on a gentle acclivity, 2 miles N.W. of Stoke Ferry, and 12 miles S. by E. of Lynn, including in its parish 625 inhabitants, and 2,145 acres of land, more than half of which is in grass. The principal land owners are, J.B.S. Bradfield, Esq., J. Houchen, Esq., Rev. J.B. Sparke, H.B. Mason, Esq., the Norwich Union Insurance Co., and the Trustees of the late A. Sewell, Esq., the first of whom is lord of Cavenham, and the last are lords of Wereham manor. Cavenham House, the ancient seat of the family of Eyres, is now occupied by a farmer. Wiron Hall, the old manor house, stood in a field, now called Stoneoaks close. The present Wereham Hall was built by its present occupant, John Houchen, Esq., about 14 years ago, and is a neat mansion, . . . Winwall Priory, so called from its being dedicated to St. Winwaloe, was founded by the Earls of Clare, in the time of Richard I., or King John, for Benedictine monks, and granted at the dissolution to Thomas Guybon and Wm. Mynn. . . . Wereham CHURCH, (St. Margaret,) has a nave, south aisles, chancel, and square tower, with one bell. . . . The Wesleyans have a chapel here;." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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See also Warham All Saints and Warham St Mary.
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- Church of St Margaret of Antioch
- 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
| Cemetery, Wereham, Cemetery |
- 1851
- 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 Margaret of Antioch.
- Church of St Margaret of Antioch
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Margaret of Antioch
- Services, etc.
- 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), Wereham was in Downham Registration District.
- Wissey Valley Web Pages
- Including Wereham, Wretton, West Dereham, Boughton, Stoke Ferry and Whittington in the Wissey Valley in West Norfolk.
- Wereham
- Pictures.
- Barton Bendish, Beachamwell, Shingham, Boughton and Wereham.
- News, events, history, churches, pictures, etc.
- Wereham Lynn Road Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Wereham Stoke Ferry Road Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- 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
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wereham to another place.
Wereham 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
- Impey, Edward
- The alien priory of St Winwaloe and Winnold House at Wereham.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol 44, part 3, 2004] - Inclosure
- See Stoke Ferry.
- Drainage
- See Stoke Ferry.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF681017 (Lat/Lon: 52.587406, 0.479364), Wereham 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 Wars 1 and 2.
- Ransome
- See Norfolk People and Families
- After 1834 Wereham 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.
- Milsom, Mary E.
- A short history of Wereham school: The first hundred years, 1876-1976.
[1980]
Extracts from the school log book for 1876-1888.