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"WORTWELL, a village 2½ miles N.E. of Harleston, is in Redenhall ecclesiastical parish, Depwade union, Earsham hundred and petty sessional division, Harleston county court district, Ipswich bankruptcy court district, Harleston polling district of South Norfolk, Redenhall rural deanery, and Norfolk archdeaconry. It had 416 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 1102 acres. Its rateable value is ￡1677. . . Here is a Church School built in 1840, and supported by voluntary contributions and Government grant. Here are also an Independent Chapel built in 1773, and a Baptist Chapel built in 1822." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1883) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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| Chapel (now United Reformed Church), Wortwell, Independent |
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| Chapel (now United Reformed Church), Wortwell, Independent |
| Church, Wortwell, Roman Catholic |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Redenhall, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - There is no parish church.
- Wortwell United Reform Church
- Ministers, services and picture.
- Wortwell United Reform Church
- Description and pictures.
- Wortwell Old Baptist Chapel
- Description and pictures.
- Killick, Stanley E.
- The Congregational churches of Harleston Wortwell Denton and Alburgh: a short history.
[Ramsgate, Kent, The Church Publishers, 1967?] - Read, John G.
- Ordination of the Queen's Librarian at the Congregational Church, Wortwell 1843, and A brief History of the Congregational Churches at Wortwell with Harleston 1662-1848.
[Wortwell, J.G. Read, Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1955]
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
- Wortwell cum Harleston Independent Chapel
- Burials 1810-37.
[No other information]
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), Wortwell was in Depwade Registration District.
- Wortwell Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Pearce, Brian
- Village appraisal with stories relating to life in Wortwell.
[Wortwell Parish Council, 2002]
- 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 Wortwell to another place.
Wortwell is in Earsham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Earsham Hundred
- Description of Earsham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Inclosure
- See Alburgh.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TM276850 (Lat/Lon: 52.415823, 1.345652), Wortwell 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 Wortwell became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham Market (Pulham St Mary Magdalen).