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Houghton St Giles, Norfolk

Historical Description

Houghton-in-the-Dale or Houghton St Giles, a parish in Norfolk, on the river Stiffkey, 1 mile SSW from New Walsingham station on the G.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, New Walsingham (R.S.O.) Acreage, 1564; population of the civil parish, 177; of the ecclesiastical, with Little Walsingham, 1113. The manor belongs to the Lee-Wamer family. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Little Walsingham, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net value, £173 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1879. A small ancient chapel on the W side of the parish belonged to Walsingham Abbey. This chapel is commonly called the " Shoe Chapel." It was here that the pilgrims to Walsingham left their shoes when making the pilgrimage barefoot. It was restored in 1894 as a chapel in connection with a religious community.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

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 Houghton St Giles:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1558-19041558-19041558-19021558-1908


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Maps

Online maps of Houghton St Giles are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictNorth Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR22
Post TownWalsingham

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