Wicklewood Norfolk Family History Guide

Wicklewood is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk. 

Alternative names: Wicklewood All Saints, Wicklewood St Andrew

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1561
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1691

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

  • Morley St Botolph
  • Deopham
  • Hackford
  • Wymondham
  • Morley St Peter
  • Kimberley
  • Crownthorpe

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WICKLEWOOD, a parish, with a village, in Forehoe district, Norfolk; 2¾ miles WNW of Wymondham r. station. Post town, Wymondham.

Acres, 1,564. Real property, £3,978. Pop. in 1861, 806; of whom 141 were in Forehoe workhouse. Houses, 146.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £356. Patrons, A.H. Percy, Esq., and the Rev. M. B. Darby. The church was restored in 1868.

There are two Methodist chapels, a national school, and a poors’ allotment of 12 acres.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Norfolk, Wicklewood – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Survey of gravestones in Wicklewood churchyard
Author: Women’s Institute. Wicklewood with Crownthorpe Women’s Institute (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

England, Norfolk, Wicklewood – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Wicklewood, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Norfolk, Wicklewood – Church records ( 3 )
Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1811
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wicklewood (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

Parish chest materials of Wicklewood, 1724-1865
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wicklewood (Norfolk)

Parish registers, 1561-1904
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wicklewood (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

England, Norfolk, Wicklewood – Civil registration ( 1 )
Forehoe Poor Law Union records, 1780-1914
Author: Forehoe Poor Law Union (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

England, Norfolk, Wicklewood – Land and property ( 1 )
Parish chest materials of Wicklewood, 1724-1865
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wicklewood (Norfolk)

England, Norfolk, Wicklewood – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial court rolls, 1568-1760
Author: Manor of Wicklewood. Court (Norfolk)

England, Norfolk, Wicklewood – Officials and employees ( 1 )
Parish chest materials of Wicklewood, 1724-1865
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wicklewood (Norfolk)

England, Norfolk, Wicklewood – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest materials of Wicklewood, 1724-1865
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wicklewood (Norfolk)

England, Norfolk, Wicklewood – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish chest materials of Wicklewood, 1724-1865
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wicklewood (Norfolk)

Administration

  • County: Norfolk
  • Civil Registration District: Forehoe
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk
  • Diocese: Norwich
  • Rural Deanery: Hingham
  • Poor Law Union: Forehoe
  • Hundred: Forehoe
  • Province: Canterbury