Little Walsingham St Mary
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1813 to 1880 Baptism Project Little Walsingham St Mary |
Baptisms 1813 to 1877
Little Walsingham, together
with Great Walsingham, forms a substantial market town in central northern
Norfolk. Situated a few miles south of Wells and north of Fakenham along
the River Stiffkey. Walsingham is, of course, famous as one of the major
pilgrimage sites in Britain, something which has led to the growth of
the town. A substantial pilgrimage support infrastructure provides employment
for many of the small town's inhabitants. At Easter and other religious
festivals the narrow streets are awash with tourists and pilgrims. |
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| The disastrous fire in 1961 which so damaged
the church also impacted on the parish records of the parish. Fire and water
damage to the registers means that they are, for now, beyond public use
or microfilming. This is a major blow to genealogists as the only surviving
records for this period are the Bishop's Transcripts which have had to be
used for this transcript. Regrettably there are no deposits beyond 1877
so the last four years are missing from this transcript. The initial ten year period is one suffering from a cramped and difficult writing style which coupled with fade, bleaching and bleed through make for a difficult read. From the early 1820s onward, however a new encumbant Mr Lee-Warner arrives with a much bolder style of hand-writing and matters improve. Whilst every effort has been made to keep errors to a minimum it has to be expected that some will occur because of the deficiencies of the medium and the occasional difficult hand-writing. |
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