Place:Lingwood, Norfolk, England

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NameLingwood
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.617°N 1.483°E
Located inNorfolk, England     (1190 - 1935)
See alsoBlofield Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Blofield Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
Lingwood and Burlingham, Norfolk, Englandparish into which it was absorbed in 1935
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


The name Lingwood originates from "Lingwoode", the first name given to the area, meaning "slope of a wood". The village was first noted in 1190.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Lingwood from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"LINGWOOD, a parish, with a village, in Blofield [registration] district, Norfolk; 3 miles N of Buckenham [railway] station, and 8 E of Norwich. Post town: Blofield, under Norwich. Acres: 661. Real property: £1,999. Population: 509. Houses: 79. The property is subdivided. Most of the land belongs to H. N. Burroughes, Esq., and the Rev. J. Burroughes; and the manor belongs to the former, and Lingwood Lodge to the latter. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £55. Patron: H. N. Burroughes, Esq. The church is later English, in good condition; and has a tower. There are a national school and a land-allotment for the poor, yielding £20 a year. Blofield Workhouse also is here; and, at the census of 1861, had 146 inmates."

In 1935 Lingwood, together with the three neighbouring "Burlingham church" parishes, was abolished and the land absorbed into the new civil parish of Lingwood and Burlingham.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI provides a list of references for LIngwood. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
  • GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Blofield Hundred.
  • GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
  • 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.