Wilby, Norfolk

Historical Description

Wilby, a parish in Norfolk, 1 mile E of Eccles Road station on the G.E.R., and 4 miles SSW of Attleborough. Post town, Attleborough. Acreage, 1421; population of the civil parish, 104; of the ecclesiastical, with Hargham, 165. The manor belongs to the Beevor family. The living is a rectory, united with Hargham, in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £390. The church is an ancient building of flint in the Early English style. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Administration

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

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

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Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Wilby:

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 Wilby from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wilby (All Saints))

Maps

Online maps of Wilby 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.