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| Name | Fakenham |
| Alt names | Facenham | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 189 | | Fachenham | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 189 | | Faganaham | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 189 | | Faganham | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 189 | | Fagenham | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 189 | | Fangeham | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 189 | | Phacham | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 189 |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.833°N 0.85°E |
| Located in | Norfolk, England |
| See also | Gallow Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | Walsingham Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1894-1974 | | North Norfolk District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Fakenham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the River Wensum, about 19 miles (31 kilometres) northeast of King's Lynn, 19 miles (31 kilometres) southwest of Cromer, and 25 miles (40 kilometres) northwest of Norwich.
The civil parish has an area of 3.49 sq mi (9.0 km2) and in the 2001 UK census had a population of 7,357 in 3,292 households; the population increased to 7,617 at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.
History
As reported in the Domesday Book of 1086 Fakenham had only 150 residents. Hempton, on the opposite side of the river, was the larger community and had an abbey that played host to pilgrims on their way to Walsingham. Fakenham became the dominant centre when the abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII. It has been a market town since 1250, when it was given a charter. The stalls probably occupied space around the parish church of St. Peter & St. Paul. Fakenham's modern-day Thursday market is still situated very close to its original position.
In the 19th and 20th centuries the major industry was printing, but the major printworks (Cox and Wyman) closed in the 1970s. Nevertheless, there are still more than ten small printing firms in industrial premises around and near the town.
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Fakenham. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Gallow Hundred. Parishes labelled with letters should be identifiable from the Ordnance Survey Map of 1900.
- GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
- England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
- England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
- England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
- England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
- England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901
- Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
- Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
- Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
- FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.
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