Clenchwarton, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
CLENCHWARTON (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Wisbech, hundred of FreebridgeMarshland, W. division of Norfolk, 3 miles (W.) from Lynn. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Clenchwarton St Margaret is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.


 * Wisbech 1837-1938
 * Freebridge Lynn 1938
 * King's Lynn 1938-1974

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Wisbech and Fenland Museum deposited record from 1720 http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk/collections_archives.htm

Parish           Baptisms    Banns     Marriages Burials Clenchwarton 1720-1978 1754-1905 1720-1962 1720-1877

This parish's registers do not appear on FamilySearch as no microfilm for the parish is held A search of the Family History Library Catalogue indicates that the following Archdeacon's transcripts are on film but these have not yet been converted to digital images for publication

Nonconformist Churches
Clenchwarton Methodist Chapel, Mill Lane, Clenchwarton Norfolk

1952-1990: trustees papers rel to new Sunday school and membership schedule returns, etc Repository Norfolk Record Office Record Reference FC 54/71, 333, 393 NRA catalogue reference NRA 28947 Kings Lynn Methodist

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Poor Law Unions
For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: www.workhouses.org.uk and http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Wisbech/Wisbech.shtml

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * Norfolk: Clenchwarton on GenUKI
 * Clenchwarton St Margaret on AChurchNearYou
 * Photos of church
 * For Clenchwarton residents referred to in neighboring parish registers
 * Village historic photos
 * Methodist church
 * Clenchwarton on West Northfolk Methodists
 * Clenchwarton on Norfolk Churches