The records of the Primitive Methodist Circuit based on Wymondham commence in 1870. The start of their records is particularly difficult to determine as they "take over" a book of records for the Norwich circuit with that circuit starting a new book. By careful review you can determine that in the middle of a given page there is a detectable change of hand and the locations of the parents' residence also change to places centred upon the market town of Wymondham. Whilst Wymondham has a prominent place in the locations of families a wide geographical area is covered with notable clusters in the Tas valley villages and larger villages such as Tibenham, Deopham and Pulham.

These records were transcribed from microfilm MF1600 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office. This is a modern filming and consequently the images were clear and with good contrast. Unfortunately these records suffered from some hands which were barely legible and difficult to read. As a consequence there maybe errors of interpretation more prevalent than expected.

The number assigned to each record is a simple counter to advise anybody searching for the original record. The books seemed to be made up in batches and frequently leap about date-wise. The counter will facilitate re-finding the entry as it counts upwards from the first record in the book. Searchers should note that many of the 1880 records are, in fact, embedded in the next few years' entries so should not stop when 1881 is reached for the first time.