West Rainham, Norfolk
Historical Description
Rainham, West, or Rainham St Margaret, a parish in Norfolk, on the river Wensum, 4½ miles SW of Fakenham½ and 2 S of Rainham Park station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint railway. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Fakenham. Acreage, 1393; population, 314. The property belongs to the Marquis Townshend, who is also lord of the manor. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of East Rainham, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net value, £649 with residence, in the gift of the Marquis Townshend. The church is in ruins. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Whitaker the celebrated topographer and antiquary was a native.
Church Records
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Civil Registration
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Newspapers and Periodicals
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- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
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