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Name | Wramplingham |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.616°N 1.124°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England |
See also | Forehoe Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | Forehoe Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1935 | | Forehoe and Henstead Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district in which it was located 1935-1974 | | South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Wramplingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the River Tiffey some 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Wymondham and 7 miles (11 km) west of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of 3.47 square kilometres and in the UK census of 2001 had a population of 110 in 44 households, increasing to a population of 115 in 51 households at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the District of South Norfolk.
The church of Wramplingham St Peter and St Paul is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. The round tower at Wramplingham is thought to have originally been an Anglo-Saxon watch tower.
Wramplingham Mill was a three-storey weatherboarded corn mill, demolished in 1945.
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Wramplingham. 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:
- 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 | Wramplingham, Norfolk, England | Forehoe Hundred, Norfolk, England | Forehoe Rural, Norfolk, England | Forehoe and Henstead Rural, Norfolk, England | South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
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