In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen like this:
WIGGENHALL-ST. MARY-MAGDALENE, a parish, with a village, in Downham district, Norfolk; on the river Ouse, at Watlington r. station, and 6 miles SSW of Lynn. Post town, Lynn. Acres, 4,248. Real property, £8,895. Pop., 825. Houses, 181. The property is subdivided. About three-fourths of the area are fen, drained by a steam-engine of 40 horse-power. ...
An Augustinian nunnery, a cell to Castle-Acre, was founded here in 1181. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £270.* Patron, Rev. W. B. Dalby. The church is ancient. There are Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a national school.
Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen through time
Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen is now part of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kings Lynn and West Norfolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2255
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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