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"WHISSONSETT, a village and parish, 5 miles S. of Fakenham, contains 702 inhabitants, and 1328 acres of land. Colonel Jones is lord of the manor, but here are a number of small land-owners. A fair is held here on Whit-Wednesday, for shoes and pedlery. The CHURCH, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is a large structure, with a tower, four bells, and several inscriptions to the Bozoun, Hapton, Gybon, and other families. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at ￡10. 3s. 4d., is consolidated with Horningtoft, in the gift of F.R. Reynolds, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. E.C. Kemp. The joint benefices were valued in 1831 at ￡722 per ann. The tithes of this parish have been commuted for the yearly rent of ￡327. The common was enclosed in 1812. Nicholas Dunham, in 1591, left the yearly rent-charges of 16s. 8d. to this parish, and 3s. 4d. each to Colkirk, Horningtoft, and Oxwick, for the poor." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- Pegg, Lesley
- Memorial Inscriptions, St Mary the Virgin, Whissonsett, with plan of church and churchyard, and index.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 1998] - Surnames in Church Memorials (this is a link to an archived copy)
- With names from the War Memorial for WW1 and WW2.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 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 Brisley, 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 the Virgin Mary.
- Church of the Virgin Mary (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description, history and pictures.
- Church of the Virgin Mary
- Description and pictures.
- Marriages 1700-1837
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 8.
- 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), Whissonsett was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.
- Whissonsett Parish Council
- Description, history, people, events, organisations, pictures, village archives, etc.
- Whissonsett Village Pages (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description, history, people, events, organisations, pictures, village archives, etc.
- Whissonsett North Post Mill
- Description.
- Whissonsett South Post Mill
- Description.
- 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 Whissonsett to another place.
Whissonsett is in Launditch Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Launditch Hundred
- Description of Launditch Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Whissonsett - A Norfolk Village.
- The history of the village from Saxon days to families in the present century, with illustrations and surname index.
[Privately published, 2000]
List of Surnames - The Changing Face of Whissonsett.
- The development of the village over the centuries, how buildings and streets have altered, the agriculture and people, etc. With illustrations.
[2003]
- Inclosure
- See Horningtoft
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF919235 (Lat/Lon: 52.774524, 0.843542), Whissonsett 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 Whissonsett became part of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and the workhouse was at Gressenhall.
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.
- 1851 Census
- "The decrease of population in the Parish of Whissonsett is attributed to several families having removed to other parts."
- 1901 Census
- "Including Hamrow."