Walsoken is a settlement and civil parish in Norfolk, England,[1] which is conjoined as a suburb at the northeast of the town of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Archaeological evidence has found that much of the land of Walsoken of pre-Roman occupation was completely submerged beneath the Iron Age silts.

It is thought that some dry land existed within the parish in the Bronze Age as several artefacts from that time period were uncovered in the 19th century.

[8] In the great book Walsoken is recorded by the name 'Walsocam', which was held by the Benedictine Order based at Ramsey Abbey before and after 1066.

[10] In 1788 Henry Sell (17), an apprentice farrier, was convicted and executed at THETFORD for the murder, at Walsoken, of Elizabeth Clark, his master's wife.

[15] The county boundary between Norfolk and the Isle of Ely based on the old course of the Welle Stream through the built-up area, dividing up roads and streets haphazardly.

As a result the church remains in Norfolk and the village hall, schools, pubs and most shops are now in the New Walsoken part of Wisbech.

[21] The village is a suburb of the fenland town of Wisbech and its ancient character and historic core have been surrounded by modern housing.

[23] The nearest railway station is at Downham Market for the Fen Line which runs between King's Lynn and Cambridge.

Early records include one to "Sleeply Nightshade" by John Gerard (c.1545–1612), English herbalist, who wrote: "It groweth very plentifully in Holland, Lincolnshire and in the Isle of Ely at a place called Walsoken neere unto Wisbitch.

"This kinde of nightshade causeth sleep, trouble the mind and bringeth madness if a few of the berries be inwardly taken, but if more be given they also kill and bring present death.

There are 15th-century[25] screens in both aisles, one with most intricate tracery, stalls with carved heads, battered figures on old benches, and over the tower arch two paintings of the judgement of Solomon with a statue of a king enthroned between them.

He was the Rector's boy, Thomas Herring, who became archbishop in 1747,[26] and a little while before he died put a tablet in the chancel here "in grateful memory of his excellent parents".

for Cambridgeshire, and further work was undertaken in 1956 when the bells were re-hung in a lower position in the tower in an eight-bell metal frame.

[29] Within the parish and Norfolk boundary and abutting the church yard is Fenland District Council's Walsoken cemetery.

[33] The track on Lynn Road could only accommodate 500 spectators and is reported to have reopened on 10 July 1948 meaning it had closed at some stage after 1939.