1813 to 1880 Baptism Project Waxham St John |
Baptisms 1813 to 1880
The parish of Waxham lies on the
eastern coast of Norfolk about 5 miles east of the small market
town of Stalham. Stalham is also the place of the closest
significant road in the vicinity, this part of Norfolk's coast
being accessed by a narrow and meandering lane. There is not much
to Waxham, the nearby North Sea has repeated attacked and much of
the parish and the small village of Little Waxham now lies beneath
said sea. The present hamlet grouped around its epnonymous Hall
was much further inland in the 16th century as yards of land has
been eroded away. Despite the barrier of dunes, which is all that
protects the parish, there has been breaches notably in 1953 when
much of the area was inundated. A consequence of the the low lying
land is a varied farming regime with pastoral grazing on the
marshy ground while on slightly higher land the normal arable
prevails, the lack of a harbour means there are few connected to
the sea but some boats left the beach for fishing. A great
attraction in more recent times is the colony of birthing seals
between here and Winterton which attracts many visitors. |
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A single standard 800-entry register book covers not only the period of this transcript but runs onward to completion in the late 20th century. This register is filmed on Microfilm MF709 in the collection of Norfolk Record Office which was used to prepare this transcript. In recent times digitised images have also become available on the major subscription sites for those with such a subscription, the combination of these resources made this a straightforward piece to prepare. |
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