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Name | Wortwell |
Alt names | Wortwell | source: from redirect |
Type | Hamlet, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.4068°N 1.336°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England |
See also | Earsham Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | Mendham, Suffolk, England | parish of which it was a part until 1885 | | Depwade Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1974 | | Redenhall with Harleston, Norfolk, England | parish of which it has been part since 1885 | | South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Wortwell is a village and civil parish in Norfolk and adjoining the county of Suffolk. It is located on both the River Waveney (which forms the county boundary) and the A143 road, some 20 km east of Diss and 30 km west of Lowestoft. The city of Norwich lies approximately 30 km to the north.
The civil parish has an area of 4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 574 in 243 households, the population decreasing to 561 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.
Until the end of the 19th century Wortwell was a hamlet within the parish of Mendham-in-Norfolk, becoming a parish in the 1885 boundary alterations. The modern village of Mendham is south of the River Waveney in Suffolk. Since 1885 it has been part of the parish of Redenhall with Harleston.
The village of Wortwell is one of the few in Norfolk not to be listed in the Domesday Book.
Ezekiel Blomfield (1778–1818), a Congregational minister, author and compiler of religious works and works on natural history, was buried on 21 July 1818 in the grounds of the Meeting House at Wortwell.
Research Tips
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- 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.
Categories: Norfolk, England | Wortwell, Norfolk, England | Mendham, Suffolk, England | Earsham Hundred, Norfolk, England | Depwade Rural, Norfolk, England | Redenhall with Harleston, Norfolk, England | South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
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