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Illington, Norfolk

Historical Description

Illington, a village and a parish in Norfolk. 1½ mile E from Wretham station on the G.E.R., and 4 miles NW from East Harling. Post town, Thetford; money order and telegraph office, East Wretham. Acreage, 1295; population, 78. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value,, £110. The church is a small building of flint in the Early English and Perpendicular styles. It was restored in 1887.

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

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorfolk 
Ecclesiastical parishIllington St. Andrew 
HundredShropham 
Poor Law unionWayland 

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 Illington:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1672-18121672-18121673-19101675-1812


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 Illington from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Illington 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.

DistrictBreckland
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtIP24
Post TownThetford

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