Bawdeswell, Norfolk
Historical Description
Bawdeswell, a village and a parish in Norfolk. The parish lies a little N of the Wcnsum river, 3 miles E by S of Foulsham station on the G.E.R., and 4 W by S of Reep-ham, and has a post and money order office under Derc-ham; telegraph office, Foulsham. Acreage, 1206; population, 410. Bawdeswell Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, £251. The church is a small edifice, rebuilt in 1845, and there are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and an endowed school.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Norfolk | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Bawdeswell All Saints | |
| Hundred | Eynsford | |
| Poor Law union | Mitford and Launditch |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.
Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Bawdeswell:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1557-1872 | 1557-1872 | 1557-1837 | 1557-1890 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bawdeswell from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bawdeswell (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Bawdeswell are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.