Place:Witton (near North Walsham), Norfolk, England

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NameWitton (near North Walsham)
Alt namesWitton
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.828°N 1.472°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoTunstead Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Smallburgh Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1935
North Norfolk District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
NOTE: Do not confuse Witton (near North Walsham) with Witton (near Blundall) which is further south, to the east of Norwich, and now part of Postwick with Witton.

Both places are spelled "Witton", not "Whitton".


A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Witton (near North Walsham) from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"WITTON, a parish in Tunstead [registration] district, Norfolk; 3½ miles ENE of North Walsham [railway] station. Post town, North Walsham, under Norwich. Acres: 1,746. Real property: £2,774. Population: 269. Houses: 54. [Witton] Hall is the seat of Lord Wodehouse . The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £136. Patron: the Bishop of [Norwich]. The church has a round tower, and is good. There are an endowed school with £10 a year, and charities £37."


the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Witton (near North Walsham) is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is located 8 km (5.0 mi) east of the town of North Walsham and 30 km (19 mi) north of the city of Norwich.

The civil parish (officially known as "Witton") also has included the village of Ridlington since 1935. It has an area of 9.77 km2 (3.77 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 298 in 134 households, increasing to a population of 318 in 141 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI provides a list of references for Witton (near North Walsham). Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
  • GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Tunstead 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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