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"LITCHAM, formerly a market town, and now a large and well-built village, formed into several streets, distant 8 miles N.E. by N. of Swaffham, and 24 miles W. by N. of Norwich, includes within its parish 846 inhabitants, and about 1800 acres of land, of which about 1300 acres belong to F.W. Keppel, Esq., who purchased the manor of Lord Wodehouse, about the year 1833. The rest belongs to a number of smaller proprietors, except 128 acres, which lie in five small commons, on which the inhabitants have right of pasturage and cutting fuel. . . . On one of the small commons, there was formerly a hermitage, occupied by Thomas Cannon. The CHURCH (All Saints) has a square brick tower, built by Matthew Halcott, who recast the five bells. It has recently been slated and repaired. In the chancel are memorials of the families of Neal, Lawrence, Glover, Lynes, and Halcott. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the King's Book at £9. 2s., and in 1831 at £541, with that of East Lexham annexed to it, in the gift of Lord Wodehouse, and incumbency of the Honourable and Reverend Alfred Wodehouse, B.A. . . . Here is a National School, and a Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist Chapels." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
- Memorial Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of All Saints, Litcham.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2001?]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1851
- 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.
- The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- Church of All Saints
- Services, description, pictures, etc.
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Church of All Saints
- Services, etc.
- Church of All Saints
- Description, pictures, etc.
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church. - Litcham Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
- Marriages 1555-1812
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volumes 2 and 10.
- 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), Litcham was in Mitford and Launditch Registration District.
- Litcham
- News, events, description, history, parish council, churches, buildings, pictures, etc.
- Litcham Post Mill
- Description, history and maps.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1850: Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with Part of Suffolk
- 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)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Litcham to another place.
Litcham is in Launditch hundred.
- Puddy, Eric
- Litcham: the short history of a Mid-Norfolk village.
[Dereham, G. Arthur Coleby, 1957]
[Facsimile reprint excluding index and references, Litcham Historical Society, 2001] - Litcham Historical and Amenity Society
- The Book of Litcham with Lexham and Mileham.
[ISBN 1841141909, Halsgrove Community History Series, 2002]
- Listed Buildings
- Description, history and pictures.
- Rutledge, Paul
- The Dispute of Litcham Lyngs.
[Norwich, Marwood Publishing, in "East Anglian Studies", 1995] - Inclosure
- See Kelling.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF887178 (Lat/Lon: 52.724545, 0.792559), Litcham 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 Litcham 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.
- 1831 Census
- "The Parish of Litcham has increased (185 Persons) in Population, attributed to the uninclosed Commons or Waste Lands, which cause many Persons to resort thither; it is also the principal trading Town for the surrounding agricultural Villages."