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West Raynham
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"RAYNHAM (WEST), 4½ miles S.W. of Fakenham, is a village and parish, comprising 391 inhabitants, 79 houses, and 1,354a. 1r. 2p. of land, the property of Capt. John Townshend, R.N., the lord of the manor, and patron of the rectory, which is valued in the King's book at £18 13s. 4d., and consolidated with East Raynham, in the incumbency of the Rev. Rd. Phayre, B.A., who has 152a. 2r. 23p. of glebe, and a good residence. The Church, dedicated to St. Margaret, has long been dilapidated, but is still an interesting ruin, mantled with ivy. The inhabitants use St. Mary's Church, at East Raynham. The commons of Raynham and Helhoughton were enclosed in 1821." [Francis White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1854) - Transcription copyright © the late A.J. Carter]
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West Raynham is also called West Rainham and Raynham St Margaret.
See also East Raynham and South Raynham.
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
| St Margaret, West Raynham, Church of England |
| St Michael and St George, West Raynham, Church of England |
| Cottage, West Raynham, Independent |
| House, West Raynham, Independent |
| St Joseph's Church, West Raynham, Roman Catholic |
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Toftrees, 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 St Margaret.
- West Raynham Marriages 1538-1764
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 11.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
- 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 West Raynham to another place.
West Raynham is in Gallow Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Gallow Hundred
- Description of Gallow Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Inclosure
- See East Rudham.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF873253 (Lat/Lon: 52.792953, 0.776166), West Raynham 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 West Raynham became part of the Walsingham Union, and the workhouse was at Great Snoring.