Norfolk: Bawsey

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Bawsey is about 5 miles E. of King's Lynn.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St James but it has been in ruins since before the mid 18th century.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St James: Pictures of the ruined church.

Church Records

Archdeacon's Transcripts: Marriages
Marriages 1539-1771: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volumes 2 and 10.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Bawsey was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.

Directories

Historical Geography

Bawsey is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

Land and Property

See Norfolk Parish Links: Land and Property

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Freebridge Lynn Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Bawsey became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.

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