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"WATLINGTON is a neat village of detached houses, 6 miles S. by W. of Lynn, in the fertile marshes on the east side of the Great Ouse river, about a mile E. of the bridge at Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen. Its parish contains 502 inhabitants, and 1,633 acres of land, mostly the property of Chas. Berners Plestow, Esq., ... He is lord of the manor of Gawsels, in Watlington, ? and Mr. J. Platten, of Lynn, is the steward. The CHURCH, (St. Peter and St. Paul,) is a large structure, with a tower and five bells; . . . The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £41 15s. 8d., is in the gift of C.B. Plestow, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Edw. Cobbold. Here is a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1840, by Mr. H.J. Nicholls." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- Purple, Jennifer J.
- Monumental Inscriptions, Church of St Peter and St Paul, Watlington, King's Lynn, Norfolk, with index and plan of churchyard.
[Privately published, 1998]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 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 Fincham, 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 St Peter and St Paul.
- Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Description of the bells and picture of the church.
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Watlington was in Downham Registration District.
- King's Lynn Arts Centre
- Portrait of a Village: Watlington.
[ISBN 1898328048, King's Lynn Arts Centre, West Norfolk Living Histories, 1993]
- 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: 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)
- 1892: Kelly's Directory for Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1896: Kelly's Directory for Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1904: Kelly's Directory for Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1937: Kelly's Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Watlington to another place.
Watlington is in Clackclose Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Clackclose Hundred
- Description of Clackclose Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Great Britain: Statute
- Watlington Inclosure Act, 1748.
An act for inclosing and dividing certain commons and wastes, within the manor and parish of Watlington in the county of Norfolk.
[1748]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF618111 (Lat/Lon: 52.673572, 0.391557), Watlington 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 Watlington became part of the Downham Union, and the workhouse was at Downham Market.