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Wroxham, Norfolk

Historical Description

Wroxham, a parish, with a village, in Norfolk, on the river Bure, with a station on the G.E.R., 7 miles NE of Norwich. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office. Acreage, 1414 of land and 124 of water; population of the civil parish, 415; of the ecclesiastical with Salhouse, 1054. Wroxham Hall and Wroxham House are the chief residences. The Bure here forms a fine broad, well stocked with fish, and is crossed by a neat bridge. There are large malting establishments. The living is a vicarage, united with Salhouse, in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £240 with residence. The church is an ancient building with a tower.

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 parishWroxham St. Mary 
HundredTaverham 
Poor Law unionSt. Faith 

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 Wroxham:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1558-19011558-19011559-18361558-1905


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wroxham from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Wroxham 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.

DistrictBroadland
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtNR12
Post TownNorwich

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