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Wolferton
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"WOLVERTON, or Wolfreton, is a small scattered village, lying chiefly among the sandy hills above the marshes, bordering on Lynn Deeps, 7 miles N. by E. of Lynn. Its parish has 165 inhabitants, and 2,569 acres of land, exclusive of about 1,000 A. of the open sandy heath, extending hence to Dersingham and West Newton. On the west side of the parish are about 200A. of salt-marsh, bordering on the Wash, where a sea-wall was built many years ago, at the cost of £1,800. The Hon. Chas. Spencer Cowper, of Sandringham, is owner of the soil, lord of the manor, and patron of the CHURCH, (St. Peter,) which was built in 1487, after the old one had been burnt down. It has recently been new roofed, re-pewed, and thoroughly repaired. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £12, and in 1835 at £218, is enjoyed by the Rev. Dr. Bacon, of Fring. The glebe is 23A." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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The name may also be spelled Woolferton, Wolverton, Woolverton and Wolfreton.
See also Wolterton.
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- 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 Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
- The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.
- Church of St Peter
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Peter
- Services, etc.
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Wolverton Marriages 1653-1812
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 2.
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
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), Wolferton was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wolferton to another place.
Wolferton is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF660286 (Lat/Lon: 52.829736, 0.461938), Wolferton which are provided by:
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- 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 Wolferton became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.
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.