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"WATERDEN parish, 5 miles S.S.E. of Burnham Market, has only 29 souls, and 763 acres of land, in one farm, belonging to the Earl of Leicester, and occupied by Charles Wm. Hill. The CHURCH (All Saints,) is a small edifice, embowered in trees, without either bell or tower. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £5 6s. 8d., is consolidated with that of Warham St. Mary. " [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Burnham, 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 dedicated to All Saints.
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Church Records

Archdeacons' Transcripts
Baptisms 1778-1810, Marriages 1778-1811 and Burials 1781-1809.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
Waterden Marriages 1743-1812
See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 8.
Parish Register Transcripts
Marriages.

See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Waterden is in Brothercross Hundred.

Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for Brothercross Hundred
Description of Brothercross Hundred
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF888365 (Lat/Lon: 52.892904, 0.805433), Waterden which are provided by:

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Poor Houses, Poor Law