Place:Wicklewood, Norfolk, England

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NameWicklewood
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.5803°N 1.0612°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoForehoe Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Forehoe Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
Forehoe and Henstead Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district in which it was located 1935-1974
South Norfolk District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Wicklewood is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk District of Norfolk, England. It is located 11 miles (18 km) west of Norwich next to the market town of Wymondham, neighbouring the villages of Deopham, Hackford and Kimberley. It covers an area of 8.75 km2 (3.38 sq mi) and had a population of 886 in 345 households at the 2001 UK census, increasing to 922 at the 2011 UK census.

In 1935 Wicklewood absorbed the neighbouring civil parish of Crownthorpe. As stated below in Wilson's Gazetteer, Wicklewood was the location of the local Poor Law Union workhouse.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Wicklewood from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"WICKLEWOOD, a parish, with a village, in Forehoe [registration] district, Norfolk; 2¾ miles WNW of Wymondham [railway] station. Post town: Wymondham. Acres: 1,564. Real property: £3,978. Population 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."

Research Tips

  • GENUKI provides a list of references for Wicklewood. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
  • GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Forehoe 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.
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