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West Winch

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"WINCH (WEST) is a village of detached houses on and near the Setch turnpike, 3 miles S. of Lynn, comprising in its parish 415 inhabitants, and about 1,200 acres of land, partly in the low meadows and common on the east side of the river Nar. Lord Henry Cholmondeley is lord of the manor; but a great part of the soil belongs to twelve smaller freeholders, and a number of copyholders. The CHURCH, (St. Mary,) has recently been thoroughly repaired, and the living is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £9 13s. 4d., and now worth about £350 a year, having 38 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent awarded in lieu of tithes, in 1840. The patronage is in the Crown, and the Rev. Martin Hogge, M.A., of Southacre, is the incumbent. Here is no rectory-house, but D. Gurney, Esq., generously pays the rent of the curate's residence." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

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See also East Winch.

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
  • The parish church is dedicated to St Mary.
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Church History

Church of St Mary
Minister, services, location, etc.
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Church Records

Marriages
These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

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Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), West Winch was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.

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Description & Travel

West Winch Tower Mill
Description, history and pictures.

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You can see pictures of West Winch which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

West Winch is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

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History

Eller, George
Memorials, Archaeological and Ecclesiastical, of the West Winch Manors, from the earliest ages to the present period.
History of West Winch, description of the church, inscriptions in the chancel, the pedigree of the Pell family, list of rectors, glebe terriers and land owners, etc.
[King's Lynn, Thew and Son, 1861]
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Maps

 
and nearby places.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF630156 (Lat/Lon: 52.713731, 0.411298), West Winch which are provided by:

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Military Records

Roll of Honour
World Wars 1 and 2.
Langley, Stan L.
West Winch 1914-1918 War Memorial.
[West Winch, 1999]
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year   Inhabited
Houses
Families Population
1801   31 40 210
1811   43 54 242
1821   63 69 315
1831   44 82 394
1841   95 -- 415
1851 101 -- 477
Year   Inhabited
Houses
Families Population
1861 106 --- 470
1871   94 105 415
1881 104 104 408
1891 106 106 421
1901 101 101 419
1911 --- 105 362

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.