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"WAXHAM, on the sea coast, 5½ miles E. of Stalham, and 14 miles N. by W. of Yarmouth, has in its parish, 76 souls, and 1911 acres of land, including Little Waxham, which has only 14 souls, and 206 acres of land, though it was anciently a large parish, but its village and church (St. Margaret,) were engulphed in the ocean several centuries ago. H.J. Conyers, Esq., is sole owner and lord of the manor of Waxham, and Lord Braybrooke is the owner of the manor of Little Waxham. The Church (St. John,) is a rectory valued in the King's Book at £6.13s.4d., and in 1831 at £330, with the vicarage at Palling annexed to it. H.J. Conyers, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. Henry Ready, M.A. incumbent. The tithes of Waxham have been commuted for £343.6s. per annum, but Little Waxham is tithe-free." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Peter Green]
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- 1891: Surname List - Waxham and Happisburgh Lighthouse (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1891: Surname List - Little Waxham (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Waxham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St John.
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Waxham was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.
This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Waxham was in Smallburgh Registration District for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.
- 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: 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 Waxham to another place.
Waxham is in Happing Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Happing Hundred
- Description of Happing Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Heywood, Stephen and Ayton, John
- Waxham Great Barn.
[Norwich, Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group, the Bulletin no.3, 1994]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG441261 (Lat/Lon: 52.777639, 1.617476), Waxham 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.
- In 1785 Waxham became part of the Tunstead and Happing Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Smallburgh.
- In 1869 the incorporation became the Smallburgh Union.