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"WALSOKEN is a large and pleasant village, 12 miles S.W. of Lynn, and 1 mile E. of Wisbech, adjoining to which town is the populous modern suburb of NEW WALSOKEN, in this parish, which has increased its population since the year 1801, from 705 to 2,562 souls, and comprises about 3,000 acres of land, including a large portion of the Smeeth and Fen, ?and belonging to a number of freeholders and copyholders. The Prior of Lewes, in the 3rd of Edward I., had here, among other privileges, a weekly market on Thursday, and a fair on the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul. . . . The CHURCH, dedicated to All Saints, is a much admired specimen. . . . Here is likewise a beautiful Gothic screen, and inscriptions to the memory of the Wensleys, Southwells, Gardiners, Edwards, and Herrings. . . . The benefice is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £30 13s. 4d., but now worth £1,300, the tithes having recently been commuted for £1,200 per annum. The Rev. W. Crockford is patron; the Rev. John Bluck, M.A., rector; and the Rev. Chas. Dowding, B.A., curate. There was formerly a chapel, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, at a place called Staith Ditch, . . . The Primitive Methodists have a chapel both at Old and New Walsoken. On the north side of the village is Walsoken House, the pleasant seat of Mrs. Broughton."[William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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See also Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.
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- Fenland Family History Society
- Walsoken All Saints and the Parochial Cemetery.
Memorial Inscriptions. - Rye, Walter
- Monumental Inscriptions in the Marshland Churches, Norfolk.
From notes made by Thomas Martin (1697-1771).
The parishes included are: Terrington St Clement, Terrington St John, Tilney All Saints, Tilney St Lawrence, Walpole St Andrew, Walpole St Peter, Walsoken, and West Walton.
[Norwich, printed for the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, 1886]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Marshland, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
- The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- Church of All Saints
- Description, history, services, newsletter, pictures, etc.
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Church of All Saints
- Services, minister, picture, etc.
- Various authors
- The Fen and Marshland Churches: a series of photographs, with short historical and architectural descriptive notes.
This includes Elm, Ely, Leverington, Thorney, Whittlesey and Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, and Emneth, King's Lynn St Margaret and St Nicholas, Outwell, Terrington St. Clement, Terrington St. John, Tilney All Saints, Upwell, Walpole St Peter, Walsoken and West Walton in Norfolk.
[Wisbech, Leach and Son, second series, 1880?]
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Baptisms (this is a link to an archived copy), Marriages (this is a link to an archived copy) and Burials (this is a link to an archived copy).
- Fenland Family History Society
- Baptisms 1850-1966 and marriages 1868-1996, with images of the original parish registers.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Walsoken was in Wisbech Registration District.
- Walsoken Smock Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Walsoken to another place.
Walsoken is in Freebridge Marshland hundred.
- Statement of Claims and Enclosure, 1796
- See Walpole St Peter
- Great Britain: Inclosure Commissioners
- Statement of Claims: Walsoken.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1820.
[1820] - Great Britain: Statute
- Walsoken Inclosure Act, 1820.
An act for dividing, allotting and inclosing the commons and waste lands in the parish of Walsoken, in the county of Norfolk, 8th July 1820.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1820]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF478106 (Lat/Lon: 52.67326, 0.18522), Walsoken which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- After 1834 Walsoken became part of the Wisbech Union, and the workhouse was at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.
- 1801, 1841, 1851 and 1861 Censuses
- The figures are from the population tables for Cambridgeshire.
- 1891, 1901 and 1911 Censuses
- Including Walsoken Hungate.