Norfolk
A county of England, lying on the German Ocean; bounded by Cambridgeshire,
Lincolnshire, and Suffolk. It extends 70 miles in length and 40 in breadth.
It contains 33 hundreds, 1 city, 32 market towns, and 660 parishes.
The face of this county varies less than in most tracts of equal extent in
England. Not one hill of any considerable height is to be seen in the
whole county; yet, in most parts, its surface is broken into gentle swells
and depressions. At the western extremity is a considerable tract of flat
fenny land, which is part of the Bedford Level; and, on the east, a narrow
tract of marshes runs from the sea, near Yarmouth, to some distance up the
country. Between Lincolnshire and the western extremity, is a broad but
shallow arm of the sea, called the Wash.
[Barclay's Complete and Universal English Dictionary, 1842]
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What's New in this Norfolk section of Genuki.
These pages about genealogical resources in Norfolk are part of GENUKI,
which is the UK and Ireland Genealogy Service.
David Hawgood's book about GENUKI is online.
Please tell us if you find a Norfolk section elsewhere, so that it can
then be directly linked from these Norfolk pages. We also welcome your
help with such things as transcriptions.
Apart from GENUKI Norfolk, remember to look at these pages:
- The GENUKI pages for
Cambridgeshire,
Lincolnshire and
Suffolk,
as the county boundary has changed in places over the years.
- The thousands of other GENUKI pages, via the [GENUKI] link at the
top of all of the Norfolk pages. They contain information about
other counties, and general information such as research tips,
national record offices, etc. They may contain information about
Norfolk, or of interest to Norfolk researchers, for example
Methodist or Maritime records.
- If you are just starting your research, have a look at the GENUKI
page about Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History.
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and Mike Bristow
September 2015
Administration took place at several levels, such as for a parish, for a
group of parishes, or for all of Norfolk. When parishes were grouped
together, the parishes included in the groups varied depending on what
was being administered. For example the parishes in a hundred were not
the same as those in a deanery, an archdeaconry, a poor law union,
a petty sessional division, etc.
Bibliography
Census
- Church Records
These include Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials.
The information shows the locations of original records, and
transcripts and indexes where available.
Civil Registration
- Pigot's Directory of Norfolk 1830
- Page 557: Norwich and Neighbourhood.
"In the parish of Saint Andrew is an old building, formerly
used as a prison, but which is now converted into an extensive
tobacco and snuff manufactory; this building attracts much
notice from the singular construction of its north wall, which
is faced with black flints, so admirably squared and regularly
put together, as scarcely to admit the edge of a knife between
the joints. The new city gaol is situated outside the walls,
near St. Giles' gates, and is most admirably constructed and
well regulated; the front elevation is massy, and well accords
with the purpose for which it is intended; the prison is
plentifully supplied with water, by means of a pump attached to
the tread-mill; it was erected at an expense of £24,000,
and the prisoners in the city bridewell were removed to it on
the 18th February, 1829."
- Hunt's Directory of East Norfolk with parts of Suffolk 1850
- Page 8: Norwich - The Castle.
"The County Gaol and House of Correction, erected in the year
1828, at an expense of £50,000, is a strong commodious
building, admirably adapted to fulfil the purposes for which
it is set apart, the main body of the gaol is supported by
wings containing 240 cells, and the governor's house being in
the centre, the whole of the prisoners are more immediately
under his surveillance."
- William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883
- Page 38: "There is only one prison for the whole county, the
Castle, at Norwich, which, under the Prisons Act, is under the
control of the Government. There are lock-ups in most of the
places where petty sessions are held. There is a reformatory at
Buxton, near Aylsham, and an industrial school for girls at
Fakenham."
- NRO Leaflet
Prisons and Prisoners in Norfolk
- The institutions and their records.
- Executions in the Norfolk Circuit 1735-1799
- See Norfolk (for executions in Norwich), King's Lynn, and Great
Yarmouth.
- Executions in England and Wales 1800-1899
- See the various links under "19th century", and search for Norfolk
executions.
See also Court Records.
See also Correctional Institutions.
Description and Travel
- Description and Travel
Including descriptions of areas of Norfolk, aerial photographs,
village signs and waterways.
Directories
- Mailing Lists
- Message Boards for Norfolk
- Ancestry's Norfolk General Board
- British Genealogy's Norfolk Forums
- RootsChat's Norfolk Forums
- The Surname Norfolk Board
This board is for people researching the surname Norfolk
(eg John Norfolk married Mary Smith),
not for all surnames associated with the county of Norfolk.
- Message Boards for Towns and Villages
(These cover all of the UK, not only Norfolk).
Please read the Terms and Conditions, and make sure that you agree
to them before you submit any information.
- See also Names, Personal
- NRO Leaflet
Tracing the History of a House or Property in Norfolk
- NRO Leaflet
Tracing the History of a Parsonage in Norfolk
- Norfolk Country Houses
List of country houses and their locations, from Burke and
Savill's Guide to Country Houses.
- British Listed Buildings in Norfolk - then select by parish.
Description, location, maps, etc.
- Family Deeds - then follow the link to Norfolk
Descriptions of property and names of people from deeds, such as
mortgages, covenants, conveyances, sales, leases, etc.
- Land Tax
A government tax on land, property, and money.
Maps
- Maps for Norfolk, individual places, etc.
- Medical Heritage of Norfolk
Miscellaneous facts about medicine, practitioners, buildings, etc.
- Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
- Foundation, in 1771, of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
- Taylor, Jeremy
The Rebirth of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, 1874-1883;
An Architectural Exploration.
[ISBN 0953834905: Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine,
University of East Anglia, Research Publications No. 1]
- Batty Shaw, Anthony
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, lives of the medical staff,
1771-1971.
[ISBN 0950223905, Norwich, 1971]
- Norwich Health District Hospitals: a brief history.
[Norwich, Norwich Health District, Government Publication, 1979]
- Jenny Lind in Norwich.
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Jenny Lind Children's Department.
[S.M. Bishop, 1987]
- Diptheria epidemic at Fincham in 1863.
- National Archives "Hospital Records Database" showing the
existence and location of the records of hospitals in the UK
- Norfolk Asylums
This is a link to an archived copy.
- For other references, including explanations of medical terms, see:
Medical Records in England
Medical Records in the UK and Ireland
- Look under the various
Towns and Parishes
if you know the location of a hospital.
- Military History
Historical information about the Air Force, Army and Navy, including
airfields, museums, Norfolk militia, world wars 1 and 2, etc.
- Military Records
Societies, muster rolls, Roll of Honour, Commonwealth War Graves
Commission, etc.
Names, Geographical
Newspapers
Obituaries
Occupations
- Occupations
Lists and descriptions, individual occupations, people, etc.
- Norfolk Poorhouses and Poor Law
- The Workhouse
Covering England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, with history,
locations, pictures, etc.
- Institutions
Covering England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, with history,
locations, pictures, etc.
This is a link to an archived copy.
- Population of Norfolk, 1801-1991
- Compiled from the census returns.
- Pond, C.C.
- Internal Population Migration and Mobility in Eastern England
in the 18th century.
[ISBN 0950224502, University of Cambridge Thesis, 1980-81]
- Pound, John F.
- Population in the 16th Century.
In "An Historical Atlas of Norfolk" edited by Peter Wade-Martins.
[ISBN 0903101602, Norwich; Norfolk Museums Service in association
with the Federation of Norfolk Historical and Archaeological
Organisations, 1994]
- Wright, John
- Population Change 1801-1851.
In "An Historical Atlas of Norfolk" edited by Peter Wade-Martins.
[ISBN 0903101602, Norwich; Norfolk Museums Service in association
with the Federation of Norfolk Historical and Archaeological
Organisations, 1994]
These are lists of schools that are intended for parents, teachers
and children. There are usually links to the schools' web sites, but
they do not often have information about their history, buildings,
past pupils, etc.
See also the individual Towns and Parishes pages,
where there may be more information about the history of schools.
These societies cover Norfolk, or an area of the county. There are many
societies for individual towns and villages. See the
Towns and Parishes pages,
which is where those societies will be shown.
Workhouses
See Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc