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"WYMONDHAM, or WINDHAM, is an ancient market town, pleasantly situated on rising ground, upon the Norwich and Thetford turnpike, skirted on two sides by a rivulet, and distant 9 miles S.W. by W. of Norwich, 19 miles N.E. of Thetford, and 100 miles N.E. by N. of London. It consists chiefly of four streets, converging in the centre, and having many ancient houses, shops, &c., and some handsome modern mansions. The Norwich and Brandon Railway crosses the parish parallel with the turnpike, within about half a mile south of the town, where there is a commodious brick Station, erected in 1844-5. Wymondham was once celebrated for the manufacture of wooden spindles, spoons, and other turnery ware; but this trade is obsolete, having given place many years ago to the weaving of bombasins, crapes, &c., in which employment here were, ten years ago, about 600 looms. . . The extensive PARISH of Wymondham increased its population from 3567 souls in 1801, to 5485, 1831, but they had decreased to 5179, in 1841. It comprises 10,484 acres of fertile and well cultivated land, extending from three to four miles round the town, and rising in picturesque undalations [sic] from both sides of a tributary stream of the river Yare." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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The name may also be found as Windham or Wyndham, which is how it is pronounced.
It is a very large parish and contains 6 divisions, called Downham, Market Street, Silfield, Suton, Town Green and Wattlefield.
Spooner Row is in the Wattlefield division.
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- Wymondham Town Archive
- Description, location, contents, etc.
- Wymondham Heritage Museum
- Description, pictures, etc.
- Briton Brush Co.
- The Briton Brush Co., Ltd., formerly S.D. Page and Sons, established 1746, D. Matthew and Son, established 1773.
[Wymondham, Briton Brush Co, Ltd, 1933] - Clark, Christine
- A Brush with Heritage: the history of Hamilton Acorn, Norfolk brushmakers since 1746.
[ISBN 0906219418, UEA Centre of East Anglian Studies, 1996] - Manning, I.M.
- The Co-operative Wholesale Society Brushworks, Wymondham.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.III, no.5, 1985]
- Church of the Holy Trinity at Spooner Row
- Transcription of the single gravestone.
This is a link to an archived copy. - Wymondham Abbey and Wymondham Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions
- [Parish Register Transcription Society, Medway Series, 2000?]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
| Chapel of Ease, Spooner Row (in Wattlefield Division), Church of England |
| SS Mary and Thomas a Becket of Canterbury, Wymondham, Church of England |
| Fairland Chapel, Wymondham, Independents or Congregational |
| Municipal Cemetery, Wymondham, Cemetery |
| Meeting House, Wymondham, Society of Friends |
- 1782: An occupational census of Wymondham.
[John Pound, 2003] - 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1891: Surname List for the Silfield division (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| Baptist Church (Queen St), Wymondham, Baptist |
| Providence Chapel (Friars Croft Ln), Wymondham, Baptist |
| Fairland Chapel, Wymondham, Independents or Congregational |
| Municipal Cemetery, Wymondham, Cemetery |
| Meeting House, Wymondham, Society of Friends |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Hingham, 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 Wymondham Abbey, and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St Thomas Becket.
- Wymondham Abbey
- Services, clergy, description, history, organisations, pictures, etc.
- Wymondham Abbey
- Description and pictures.
- Wymondham Abbey
- Description and pictures of the stained glass windows.
- Wymondham Abbey
- Services, etc.
- Cattermole, Paul
- Wymondham Abbey: a history of the monastery and parish church.
[ISBN 0955489903, Wymondham Abbey Book Committee, 2007] - Jarvis, Frederick
- Wymondham Abbey: 1107 A.D.
[Wymondham, The Abbey, 1954] - Martin-Jones, Samuel
- Wymondham and its abbey.
[Wymondham, H.G. Stone, 1953] - Thomas, James Godfrey Tansley (Rev)
- The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Wymondham: a history and guide published to mark the 850th anniversary of its foundation in 1107.
[Birmingham, M.G. Parker, 1960s] - Yaxley, Susan
- Wymondham Abbey before the Dissolution: the episcopal visitations of 1492-1532; translated from Latin into English with notes.
[ISBN 0948400021, Dereham, Larks Press, 1986]
- Chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury
- Description and pictures.
- Millican, Percy
- A brief history of Becket's Chapel, Wymondham.
[Wymondham, Geo. R. Reeve, 1940s] - Smith, Janet
- Becket's Chapel, or the Chapel of St Thomas a Becket, Wymondham.
[1983]
- Carthew, George Alfred
- Extracts from papers in the church chest at Wymondham: Wymondham Gilds.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.9, 1884] - Farnhill, Ken
- The religious gilds of Wymondham, c.1470-1550.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.42, 1996] - Garrard, Brenda
- Wymondham parish gilds in the early sixteenth century.
[ISBN 0900616687, Wymondham, Geo.R. Reeve, 2003]
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury
- Services, description, history, pictures, etc.
- Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury
- Description and pictures.
- Wymondham Baptist Church
- Services, newsletters, events, etc.
- Wymondham Congregational Church
- Wymondham Congregational Church, 1652-1927: souvenir of the 275th anniversary celebrations.
[Wymondham, The Church, 1927] - Wymondham Congregational Church
- Tercentenary celebration, 1952.
[Wymondham, The Church, 1952] - Wymondham Congregational Church
- A statement of facts showing the treatment of some of the Independents at Wymondham, Norfolk, to their late minister, David Evans.
[Printed at the Observer Office, 1870s]
- Wymondham Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church. - Hughes, H. Trevor; and Garrard, Brenda M.
- Methodism in Wymondham.
[Wymondham, Wymondham Heritage Society, 1990] - Wymondham Methodist Church
- Methodist Church: Centenary Celebrations, 1870-1970.
[Wymondham, The Church, 1970]
- Wymondham Fairland United Reformed Church
- Services, description, history, pictures, etc.
- Scarborough, Mary
- The Story of the Fairland Church, 1652 to 1982.
[Wymondham, Fairland United Reformed Church, 1982] - Scarborough, Mary
- Fairland United Reformed Church, Wymondham: 350th anniversary, 1652-2002.
[Wymondham, Fairland United Reformed Church, 2002]
- Hawkins, Judy
- The Friends Meeting House in Wymondham, 1654-1950, and some of the early Quakers, 1654-1800.
[Cambridge University Thesis, Certificate in Local History, 1970s] - Hawkins, Judy
- The Quakers of Wymondham.
[Wymondham, Wymondham Society, 1984]
- Church of the Holy Trinity at Spooner Row
- Description and pictures.
- Silfield Mission Church
- Part of the Parish of Wymondham.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Wymondham Primitive Methodists: Baptisms 1866-1880
- 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), Wymondham was in Forehoe Registration District.
- The Bridewell
- The Wymondham Heritage Museum is in the Bridewell.
- Batty Shaw, Patricia; and Batty Shaw, Anthony
- Wymondham Magistrates and their Court House, the Bridewell, Wymondham.
[ISBN 1901553000, Wymondham Heritage Society, 1996] - Hawkins, Judy
- The Wymondham Bridewell.
[Wymondham Heritage Society, 1987] - Jenson, Neil J.
- Wymondham Bridewell: the hidden past: the 1995 archaeological investigation.
[ISBN 1901553019, Wymondham Heritage Society, 1997] - 1713: Executions
- Robert Barret and William Boughton
See also History below.
- Wymondham Town Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, history, etc.
- Wymondham
- Description and pictures.
- Wymondham
- Description, history and pictures.
- Wymondham Magazine Online
- News, events, societies, businesses, etc.
- Wymondham North Mill Smock Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Silfield Tower Mill
- Description and picture.
- Apling, Harry
- Wymondham Windmills.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1981]
- Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
- The Queen's Head Inn, 2 Bridewell Street, Wymondham: a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1985] - Yaxley, Philip G.
- Wymondham's Old Inns.
[Wymondham, Wymondham Society Pamphlet No.2, 1982] - Yaxley, Philip G.
- Wymondham Brewery, its history and importance to the town in the 19th century.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Dissertation, 1998]
- Chapman, Philip John
- A Wymondham Childhood in the 1940s.
[1996] - Chapman, Philip John
- A Wymondham Lad - Memories of the 1950s.
[Wymondham, Geo R. Reeve, 1999] - Kelly, Stan; and Robert Kett Middle School
- Wymondham in times past.
[ISBN 0861570588, Chorley, Countryside Publications, 1982] - Morley, Gwilym R.
- Come Shopping in Wymondham.
[ISBN 1901553027, Wymondham, Wymondham Heritage Society, 1998] - Mosby, John Edward George; and Agar, P.E.
- Wymondham old and new: a survey of its town and parish with rambles further afield.
[Wymondham, Geo. R. Reeve, 1949] - Standley, Sarah; and Dagless, Mark
- In and around Wymondham then and now.
[ISBN 0900616814, Wymondham, Geo.R. Reeve, 2007] - Wilson, John Howard
- A walk around old Wymondham.
[Wymondham, Wymondham Heritage Society, 1991] - Yaxley, Philip
- Around Wymondham in World War Two.
[ISBN 1904136316, Wymondham, John Nickalls Publications, 2010] - Yaxley, Philip
- Memories of Old Wymondham.
[ISBN 0947630023, Nostalgia Publications, 1985]
List of Names - Yaxley, Philip
- Wymondham, Past & Present.
[ISBN 0947630066, Nostalgia Publications, 1988]
List of Names - Yaxley, Philip
- Wymondham - a Century Remembered.
[ISBN 0947630260, Nostalgia Publications, 1999] - Yaxley, Philip
- Wymondham and Attleborough in old Photographs.
[ISBN 0750907495, Alan Sutton Publishing, Britain in old Photographs Series, 1994] - Yaxley, Philip G.; and King, Les
- The Wymondham Regal Story, the golden years of local cinema.
[ISBN 0900616377, Wymondham, Les King and Geo. R. Reeve, 1991]
- 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: 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 Wymondham to another place.
Wymondham is in Forehoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Forehoe Hundred
- Description of Forehoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
See also Description and Travel above.
- Wymondham
- History of the town.
- Barringer, Christopher (Ed)
- Wymondham in the 17th Century.
[ISBN 0952207206, Wymondham, Workers' Educational Association, 1993] - Fereday, Richard
- The construction and timber repairs of The Market Cross.
[2006] - Gardiner, John
- Urban Wymondham in the 1780s: aspects of life in a Norfolk market town revealed by Easter Offering records.
[University of East Anglia, Centre for Continuing Education and the Workers' Educational Association, 1997] - Garner, Mary; and Wilson, John
- Wymondham: history of a Norfolk market town.
[ISBN 1901553035, Wymondham, Wymondham Heritage Society, 2006] - Hoare, Adrian; and Hoare, Anne
- Series: Remembering the home front in Wymondham, 1939-45.
- Wymondham firefighters and firewatchers.
- New faces in town.
- Wymondham women at war.
- Defending Wymondham and its people.
[Wymondham Heritage Society, 2005] - Hoare, Adrian
- The Wymondham Story, a snapshot history of the Norfolk market town.
[ISBN 1901553078, Wymondham, Wymondham Heritage Society, 2004] - Reekie, Bill
- Wymondham Gas Works.
[Norwich, Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society, in "Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society", vol.6, no.3, 1998] - Vertigan, R.G.
- Centenary of the Wymondham Fire Brigade 1882-1982.
[Wymondham, Wymondham Fire Brigade, H.G. Stone, 1982] - Wilson, John; Howard, Philip; and Hickley, Andrew
- Country and City: Wymondham, Norwich and Eaton in the 16th and 17th centuries: The Wymondham Town Book; Ordinances of the Norwich Carpenters' Company; and John Aldrich of Eaton's farm accounts.
[ISBN 0953829898, Norfolk Record Society, 2006] - Wilson, John Howard
- Wymondham at the time of the fire of 1615.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library] - Wilson, John Howard
- The Wymondham Market Cross.
[Wymondham, Wymondham Heritage Society, 1992]
- Wilson, J.H. (Ed)
- Wymondham Inventories, 1590-1641.
[ISBN 0906219132, Norwich, Centre of East Anglian Studies in association with the Norfolk and Norwich Branch of the Historical Association, 1986]
- Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
- Unicorn House, 5 Cock Street, Wymondham: historical notes.
[1990] - Wilson, John Howard
- Timber-framed houses in Wymondham, c1580-c1620.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library]
- O'Carroll, P.F.
- Field and place names of the parish of Wymondham.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1963] - Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
- Pilgrim's Farm, Spooner Row, Wymondham: a history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1990s] - Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
- Turnpike Farm, Suton, Wymondham: historical notes.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1994] - Martens, Holger
- Randall Burroughes' Farming Journal and his Agricultural Activities in the 1790s.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1990] - Wade Martins, Susanna and Williamson, Tom (Editors)
- The Farming Journal of Randall Burroughes (1794-1799).
[Norwich, Norfolk Record Society v.58, 1993]
- Stanfield Hall
- Pictures of the hall and estate.
- Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners
- Statement of Claims (271): Wymondham.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1806.
[1806] - Great Britain: Statute
- Wymondham Inclosure Act, 1806.
An act for inclosing lands in the parish of Wymondham, in the county of Norfolk: 22nd March 1806.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1806]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG114021 (Lat/Lon: 52.57562, 1.118716), Wymondham 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.
- Spooner Row War Memorial
- World Wars 1 and 2. This is a link to an archived copy.
- Jermy, of Stanfield Hall
- See Norfolk People and Families
- Rush, James Blomfield
- See Norfolk People and Families
- After 1776 Wymondham became part of the Forehoe Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Wicklewood.
- Garrard, Brenda
- Wymondham Grammar School: From founding in 1561 to closure in 1903.
[ISBN 1901553086, Wymondham Heritage Society, 2010] - Williams, Neal Harper
- The History of Wymondham Grammar School, 1559-1903.
[ISBN 0950224502, 1978] - Wymondham High School
- Wymondham School: 50th anniversary.
[Wymondham, 1989] - Wymondham College
- Wymondham College, 1951-1991: a compilation of what has been written and said about the College over forty years.
[Wymondham, Wymondham College, 1991] - Garrard, Roger
- Wymondham College: the first fifty years.
[ISBN 0954097009, Morley, Wymondham College Association, 2001] - Gleadhill, George
- History of Browick Road School, Wymondham.
[no publication details]
- Wymondham Heritage Society
- Meetings, membership, etc.