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"WIGHTON is a parish and large village, 3 miles S. by E. of Wells, and 2 miles N. of Walsingham, containing 559 souls, and 2932 acres of land, including a heath of 97 acres, on which are the remains of a Danish entrenchment, ... Near the windmill was another camp, called Crabbe's Castle, ... The Earl of Leicester owns the greater part of the soil, and holds the manor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Church, (All Saints,) is a large fabric, with a square tower, ... It was given by Henry II., to Norwich Cathedral, so that the Dean and Chapter are now appropriators of the rectory, and patrons of the vicarage, valued in the King's Book at ￡11. 11s. 8d., and in 1831, at ￡120. The Rev. John Wm. Methold, B.A., the present incumbent, erected some years ago, a new Vicarage House, ... The great and small tithes have been commuted for ￡810 per annum. On land occupied by Mr. Waters, are still some traces of a chapel of ease." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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See also Witton near Blofield. and Witton near North Walsham.
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- Church of All Saints
- Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones in the churchyard.
Not all gravestones may be included, even when a site is marked as complete, for example when stones are not legible enough to be photographed.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
| New Cemetery, Wighton, Cemetery |
- 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 Walsingham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- Church of All Saints
- Description, history, events, pictures, etc.
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Church of All Saints
- Services, etc.
- Church of All Saints
- Pictures of the church.
- Richardson, Leeds
- Wighton revisited.
The restoration of the collapsed church tower with funds donated by the author.
[Toronto, 1996]
- Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church. - Primitive Methodist Church
- Picture.
- 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), Wighton was in Walsingham Registration District.
- Wighton Village (this is a link to an archived copy) - see also newer Facebook page.
- News, events, churches, etc.
- Wighton Parish Council
- Councillors, meetings, minutes, etc.
- Wighton Post Mill
- Description, history and map.
- Wighton Tower Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- Wighton Water Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 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 Wighton to another place.
Wighton is in North Greenhoe Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for North Greenhoe Hundred
- Description of North Greenhoe Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF940399 (Lat/Lon: 52.921168, 0.88397), Wighton 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.
- After 1834 Wighton became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.
- Charities
Summary published by Zachary Clark in 1811
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.