 Extracts from the Waxham & Happing Rural Deanery Magazine 1893 to 1954 The Waxham & Happing Rural Deanery Magazine started in 1893, as a way of
binding together the Deanery. In its
first edition the Rural Dean, Reverend A. P. Brown writes “Our Rural Deanery is
a division of the diocese of Norwich, and we none of us live very far from each other. We
are therefore glad to hear more about each other, and the way the neighbouring
parishes are getting on”. St. Mary’s entries were submitted by each succeeding vicar, until the
magazine was replaced in the 1960s by individual village magazines. Efforts have been made to access as many of the
magazines as possible, and the Hickling entries of the magazine have been transcribed by Helen
Cornwell and
published in three volumes. For ease of viewing and searching, we have combined the three
volumes into one, so that a single search query within the document will find what you
are looking for. The Hickling Extracts contain much fascinating information, and include
baptisms, churchings, marriages and burials, together with some wonderful
obituaries and insights into daily village life over the years they span. They have already been a great help
to family history researchers, and provide not only useful information, but a
journey back in time (355 pages of Hickling village history) for those with
time to just sit and browse. The file is quite large, 4.6mb, so if you have a slow internet connection, please wait for it to load. You will notice that although the title of this series is dated 1893 to 1954, we are only able to show you the copies to which we have had access.
There are some small gaps in our publication, but if more editions can be found, the
transcripts will be added to those here. Should you have any of the magazines, we would be most grateful if
we could be allowed to transcribe the Hickling entries from them so
that we can provide as complete a set as possible. Please do not hesitate to contact Hickling History via Email: Helen & Tony Click on the Link below to view: The file is 4.6mb in size and may take a few moments to load........ |