1813 to 1880 Baptism Project Litcham All Saints |
Baptisms 1813 to 1880
The parish of Litcham lies in west central Norfolk about
8 miles northeast of the market town of Swaffham. Whilst today Litcham
is just a large village it had at one time a market, granted by Edward
1, which has long since lapsed. Sitting in the geographic middle of a
triangle of market towns, Swaffham, East Dereham & Fakenham, trade
gradually swung away leaving Litcham to its current status. Litcham sits
of the B1135 road which runs west to east from the port of King's Lynn
through the the A1067 at Bawdeswell, Litcham being the largest settlement
along that road sits on the northern banks of the River Nar's headwaters.
Litcham sits at the western edge of the main arable farming area of the
county, to the west land starts to rise onto the heights along the Peddar's
Way where sheep farming lingered on into this transcription period. As
a substantial village Litcham would additionally have provided a hub for
skills and services which were too specialised for the surrounding villages.
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Two standard 800-entry register books cover the period of this transcript, the second running onwards to complete in 1890. Both registers are filmed on Microfilm MF699 in the collection of Norfolk Record Office, freely available images are also available on Familysearch and for those with a subscription all 3 major subscriber sites also have copies. The film is not one of the more recent improved quality films, whilst adequate to the task, especially when used in conjunction with imagery capable of manipulation, it makes for a straightforward piece to prepare. Mention must be made that, at times the clerical standard is a little awry, we have many out-of-sequence entries indicative, usually, of a book compiled from draft records; there are a few partially missing dates and also a few marginal insertions making for a tricky piece to spot any complicating typos. |
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