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"KING'S LYNN, or LYNN REGIS, Is an ancient, populous, and flourishing sea port, borough, and market town, and may be properly styled the emporium of the western division of Norfolk; - its harbour forming the grand outlet of all the principal navigable streams in that district and several adjacent counties, and its markets being numerously attended by farmers, merchants, &c., residing within a circuit of twenty miles. It is a large respectable town, much improved during the last thirty years, by new streets of neat houses; and seated on the east side of the Great Ouse river, within four miles of that large bay of the ocean, called the Wash or Metaris Æstiarium, - being in 52 deg. 45 min. 25 sec. North latitude, and in 1 min. 35 sec. East longitude from the meridian of Greenwich; and distant, 42 miles W. by N. of Norwich; 98 miles N. by E. of London; 46 miles N. by E. of Cambridge; 32 miles S.E. of Boston; 13 miles N.E. by E. of Wisbech; and 15 miles N.W. by W. of Swaffham." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- True's Yard Fishing Museum
- The museum of the old fishing community of the North End of King's Lynn.
- King's Lynn Borough Archives
- Summary of holdings.
- Wilson, R.
- A history of the libraries of King's Lynn, 1797-1905.
[ISBN 0900592583, London, Library Association Thesis, 1971]
- Braithwaite, David
- Savage of King's Lynn: Inventor of machines and merry-go-rounds.
[Cambridge, Stephens, 1975] - Clark, Ronald H.
- Savages Limited, engineers, St. Nicholas Ironworks, King's Lynn: A short history 1850-1964.
[King's Lynn, Savages, 1964] - Scott, Martin
- Made in Lynn. The history of Scott and Son (complete house furnishers), and events in the town 1871-1971.
[ISBN 0956457103, King's Lynn, Sunbeam Publications, 2009]
- Chapel of St Nicholas
- Monuments in the church.
- Hovell, Ethel Mary Wilkin
- A complete list of the inscriptions on the slabs, tablets and monuments in the chapel of St Nicholas, King's Lynn existing in the year 1937.
[King's Lynn, Oswell, 1937]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
| All Saints, Kings Lynn, Church of England |
| St James Burial Ground, Kings Lynn, Church of England |
| St Margaret, Kings Lynn, Church of England |
| St Nicholas, Kings Lynn, Church of England |
| Jewish Cemetery (Millfleet), Kings Lynn, Cemetery |
| Municipal Cemetery(Hardwick Rd), Kings Lynn, Cemetery |
| Quaker Burial Ground(London Rd), Kings Lynn, Cemetery |
| The Annunciation (was St Mary), Kings Lynn, Roman Catholic |
| Meeting House (New Conduit St), Kings Lynn, Society of Friends |
- King's Lynn Union Workhouse was in this town.
- 1881: King's Lynn Union Workhouse
- 1891: King's Lynn: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1891: King's Lynn Union Workhouse: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
There are more than 30 churches identified in this place. Please click here for a complete list.
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Marshland, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
- The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret, with daughter churches dedicated to St Nicholas and St John the Evangelist.
- Church of St Margaret
- Description, history, services, minister, pictures, etc.
- Church of St Margaret
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Margaret
- Description, history and pictures.
- Church of St Margaret
- Services, etc.
- Church of St Margaret
- Pictures.
- Great Britain: Statute
- King's Lynn St Margaret's Rebuilding Act, 1744.
An act to enable the parishioners of the parish of Saint Margaret, within the borough of King's Lynn, in the county of Norfolk, to raise money, by rates upon themselves, for finishing the church of the said parish.
[London, Thomas Baskett, 1744]
- Chapel of St Nicholas
- Description and pictures.
- Chapel of St Nicholas
- Description, history and pictures.
- The Fen and Marshland Churches
- This includes King's Lynn St Margaret and St Nicholas.
See Walsoken.
- Red Mount, or Our Lady's Chapel
- Description and pictures.
- Chapel of St James
- Description and picture.
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St John the Evangelist
- Description, services, etc.
- Catholic Church of the Annunciation (formerly St Mary)
- Description and pictures.
- London Road Methodist Church
- Description and picture.
- London Road Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church. - Highgate Methodist Church
- Minister, services, picture, etc.
Follow the link to the home page, then search for the church. - Bell, Rev. George
- Primitive Methodism in King's Lynn Circuit 1821-1904: a historical sketch.
[King's Lynn, Foster and Bird, Ltd., 1904]
- Cornerstone Baptist Church
- Services, etc.
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Marriages at the Church of St Margaret (this is a link to an archived copy).
- Ministers of the Church of St Margaret
- 16th-20th centuries.
- Week-Day Prayers
- Statement by Thomas Pyle.
- Beloe, Edward Milligen
- Extracts from the Chapel Warden's accounts (St Nicholas Chapel, King's Lynn) from the year 1616 to the date of the restoration of His Most Sacred Majesty King Charles the Second.
[King's Lynn, 1926]
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880 for the Catholic Church of St Mary
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880 for the Wesleyan Church
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), King's Lynn was in King's Lynn Registration District.
- King's Lynn Online
- History, events, pictures, businesses, etc.
- King's Lynn
- Description, history and pictures.
- Picture Tour of King's Lynn
- Description and pictures.
- Anckorn, Gordon
- A West Norfolk camera: King's Lynn, Wells and Wisbech in old photographs.
[ISBN 0906798086, Ashgrove Press, 1981] - Anderson, George Howard
- The inns and taverns of Lynn: their signs and stories.
[King's Lynn, reprinted from The Lynn Advertiser, 1933] - Anderson, George Howard
- The Town Hall of King's Lynn and its treasures.
[King's Lynn, The West Norfolk and King's Lynn Newspaper Co. Ltd., 1934] - Anderson, George Howard
- The streets and waterways of Lynn.
[King's Lynn, reprinted from The Lynn Advertiser, 1916] - Booth, Bob
- King's Lynn in the 1930s.
[ISBN 095542660X, King's Lynn, Tricky Sam Publishing, 2006] - Booth, Bob
- Looking back at Lynn: a scrapbook of the 50s and 60s.
[ISBN 0955426618, King's Lynn, Tricky Sam Publishing, 2007] - Booth, Bob
- Another look back at Lynn: 1945 to 1970.
[ISBN 0955426626, King's Lynn, Tricky Sam Publishing, 2008] - Booth, Bob
- Memories of Lynn: 1950 to 1975.
[ISBN 0955426636, King's Lynn, Tricky Sam Publishing, 2008] - Lingwood, Lemmon
- Jarrold's Guide to Hunstanton.
The illustrated handbook to Hunstanton and neighbourhood, including Sandringham, Castle Rising, King's Lynn, Heacham, West Newton, and Snettisham.
[Norwich, Jarrold, 1900s] - Taylor, William
- The pictorial guide to King's Lynn, Norfolk.
[King's Lynn, 1848] - Winton, Michael John
- King's Lynn as it was, 1865-1918, with illustrations.
[ISBN 0902907182, Nelson, Hendon Publishing Co. Ltd, 1972]
- Hornsey, Brian
- Ninety years of cinema in Kings Lynn.
[ISBN 1873969260, Stamford, Fuchsiaprint, 1993] - King's Lynn Boal Steam Mill
- Description and pictures.
- King's Lynn Kettle Smock Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- King's Lynn Kettle Water Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- King's Lynn Millfleet Smock Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- King's Lynn Oyle (Oil) Water Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- King's Lynn Town Water Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Other Directories for King's Lynn.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from King's Lynn to another place.
- King's Lynn Family History
- NRO Sources for tracing ancestors in King's Lynn.
King's Lynn is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.
- History of Medieval Lynn
- Buildings, government, economy, etc.
- History of King's Lynn
- History (See Histories of Towns - then search for "Lynn").
- History of King's Lynn (this is a link to an archived copy)
- History and pictures.
- Armes, William
- The port of King's Lynn, its position and prospects.
[King's Lynn, Thew and Jon, 1853] - Barney, John M.
- The merchants and maritime trade of King's Lynn in the eighteenth century.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1997] - Battley, Susan Majors
- Elite and Community: the mayors of sixteenth-century King's Lynn.
[1981] - Beloe, Edward Milligen
- Freebridge Marshland Hundred and the making of Lynn.
[Norwich, Goose, 1896] - Beloe, Edward Milligen
- Our borough: our churches: (King's Lynn, Norfolk): with an afterwork, The art of the Renaissance in King's Lynn.
[Cambridge, Macmillan and Bowes, 1899] - Day, James Wentworth
- Kings Lynn and Sandringham through the ages.
[Ipswich, East Anglian Magazine Ltd, 1977] - Edwards, Edward
- Ancient Lynn: drawings.
[King's Lynn, R.H. Auker, 1840s?] - Gaymer, T.
- King's Lynn: the evolution of a port and its building types, prior to the Industrial Revolution.
[Newcastle, Newcastle School of Architecture Thesis, 1978] - Glover, E.C.
- King's Lynn 1400-1600: developments in civil government.
[ISBN 0900592583, London, University of London Thesis, 1970] - Higgins, David
- The Antiquities of King's Lynn, from the sketchbooks of the Rev. Edward Edwards.
[ISBN 0954068408, King's Lynn, Phoenix Publications, 2001] - Higgins, David
- The early nineteenth century reshaping of King's Lynn.
[In the "Bulletin of the Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group", no.5, 1996] - Higgins, David
- The Remaking of King's Lynn: Brown Brick and Rounded Corners: building improvements and expansion 1830-1872.
[ISBN 9780954068424, King's Lynn, Phoenix Publications, 2008] - Hillen, Henry J.
- History of the Borough of King's Lynn.
volume 1 and volume 2.
[Norwich, East of England Newspaper Co., 1907]
[ISBN 0715813056 0715813064 0715813072, Wakefield, EP Publishing, Facsimile reprint of 1st edition, 1978] - Mackerell, Benjamin
- The history and antiquities of the flourishing corporation of King's Lynn in the county of Norfolk.
[London, Birt, 1738] [Printed by E. Cave, and sold by S. Birt and D. Samuel, Lynn, and W. Chase and J. Carlos, Norwich, 1738] - Metters, George Alan
- The Rulers and merchants of King's Lynn in the early seventeenth century.
[Norwich, University of East Anglia Thesis, 1982] - Owen, Dorothy M. (ed)
- The Making of King's Lynn: a documentary survey (c1090-c1400).
[ISBN 0197260276, Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press, Records of social and economic history, New series, 9, 1984] - Parker, Vanessa
- The making of Kings Lynn: secular buildings from the 11th to the 17th century.
[ISBN 0900592583, Phillimore, 1971] - Parkin, Charles
- The topography of Freebridge Hundred and Half in the county of Norfolk: containing the history and antiquities of the borough of King's Lynn.
[King's Lynn, W. Whittingham, 1762] - Perrott, Vera
- Life and leisure in Victoria's Lynn.
[ISBN 0952597217, Seaford, Vista Books, 1995] - Perrott, Vera
- Victoria's Lynn: Boom and Prosperity.
[ISBN 0952597209, Seaford, Vista, 1995] - Richards, Paul
- King's Lynn.
[Chichester, Phillimore, 1990] - Richards, William
- The History of Lynn: civil, ecclesiastical, political, commercial, biographical, municipal, and military, from the earliest accounts to the present time (1812).
volume 1 and volume 2.
[Lynn, W.G. Whittingham, 1812] - Rodliffe, Rosemary and Stan
- Glimpses of Fiddaman's Lynn.
Life in Lynn during the latter half of the 19th century, seen through the eyes of James Fiddaman as he rises from humble origins at Fakenham to become the wealthy host of Fiddaman's hotel in Norfolk street.
Extracts and notes, including a list of surnames (this is a link to an archived copy).
[ISBN 0953935604, 2000] - Taylor, William
- The antiquities of King's Lynn, Norfolk.
[Lynn, J.Thew, 1844] - Tuck, James
- Let's look at Lynn.
[ISBN 0951419005, 1988] - Winton, Michael John
- Vintage King's Lynn (c1870-1945).
[ISBN 0860670082, Nelson, Hendon Publishing Co., 1976] - Yaxley, Susan
- The Siege of King's Lynn, 1643 (Civil War).
[ISBN 094840020X, Dereham, Larks Press, 1993]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF619202 (Lat/Lon: 52.755256, 0.397734), King's Lynn which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Roll of Honour
- World Wars 1 and 2.
- Dixon, C.J.
- This Saddening List: The War Memorial (World War 1), King Edward VII School, King's Lynn.
[ISBN 0955470412, Hill View Consultants, 2006]
- Aickman
- See Norfolk People and Families
- Kempe
- See Norfolk People and Families
- Vancouver
- See Norfolk People and Families
See Norfolk Newspapers. For example: the Lynn Advertiser and the West Norfolk Herald.
After 1834 King's Lynn St Margaret became part of the King's Lynn Union, and the workhouse was in this parish.
- King's Lynn Union
- Parishes in the union, their arrangements for the poor before 1834, etc.
- King's Lynn Union and Workhouse
- Description from White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845.
- King's Lynn Union and Workhouse
- Description and pictures.
- King's Lynn Workhouse, at the Chapel of St James
- Description, history and pictures.
This is a link to an archived copy.
- King Edward VII Academy
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- King Edward VII Academy
- History of the school.
- Avis, Anthony
- A reminiscence of King Edward VII Grammar School, King's Lynn, 1938-1945.
[Ilkley?, 1991] - Avis, Anthony
- Supplement to "A reminiscence of King Edward VII Grammar School, King's Lynn".
[Ilkley?, 1993] - Dixon, C.J.
- This Saddening List: The War Memorial (World War 1), King Edward VII School, King's Lynn.
[ISBN 0955470412, Hill View Consultants, 2006] - Walker, Michael
- Diary of a Grammar School.
[ISBN 0956569707, King's Lynn, K.E.S. Publications, 2010] - Walker, Michael (compiler)
- K.E.S Tales - An Anthology of Reminiscences.
[King's Lynn, K.E.S. Publications, 2006] - Walker, Michael
- King Edward VII School: A Centenary Celebration.
[ISBN 185776983X, Book Guild Publishing, 2005]
- Glasier, J.S.B.
- (Freemasons) History of Philanthropic Lodge, King's Lynn, no. 107.
[King's Lynn, George Oswell, 1911]
- (No author)
- A Calendar of the freemen of Lynn 1292-1836.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, 1913] - Harrod, Henry
- Report on the deeds and records of the Borough of King's Lynn.
[King's Lynn, Thew and Son, 1874]
Voting Registers for King's Lynn.