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"WICKMERE, 5 miles N. by W. of Aylsham, has in its parish 307 souls, and 975 acres of land, mostly belonging to the Earl of Orford, the lord of the manor and patron of the Church, which has a round embattled tower, and is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at ￡9, and consolidated with that of Wolterton." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- 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 Ingworth, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.
- Church of St Andrew
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Andrew
- Minister, services, description, picture, etc.
- Holman, Peter
- Six high and lonely churches.
St Giles, Bradfield; St Peter, Corpusty; St Peter, North Barningham; All Saints, Skeyton; All Saints, Thwaite; St Andrew, Wickmere.
[ISBN 0952156474, Aylsham, Aylsham Local History Society, 1997] - Walpole, Lord and Lady
- The Church of St Andrew, Parish of Wickmere with Wolterton.
A brief account of the architecture and history of the church and a description of the memorials.
[Wolterton, 1981]
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Baptisms 1665-1812, Marriages 1670-1810 and Burials 1665-1812.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?] - 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), Wickmere was in Aylsham Registration District.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wickmere to another place.
Wickmere is in South Erpingham Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for South Erpingham Hundred
- Description of South Erpingham Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Inclosure
- See Wood Dalling
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG171334 (Lat/Lon: 52.854465, 1.22283), Wickmere 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 Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Wickmere became part of the Aylsham Union, and the workhouses were at Buxton and Oulton. These were replaced by a new workhouse at Aylsham in 1849.
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.