Norwich St Simon and St Jude, Norfolk Genealogy

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Parish History
Norwich St Simon and St Jude is an Ancient parish in the city.

The twin dedication of St Simon and St Jude is to two Apostles who, according to some accounts, preached the gospel in Persia and were martyred. A church almost certainly stood on this site before the Norman Conquest of 1066.

After becoming redundant, the church was used by the Scouts until 1997. It is in the care of the Norwich Historic Churches Trust.

There are places of worship in the city forBaptists, the Society of Friends,Independents, Wesleyans, the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, andUnitarians; a synagogue; and two chapels belonging to theRoman Catholics, one of which is an elegant edifice.

Church Records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Images of the parish registers are available on FamilySearch Historical Records.

Census Records
Prior to the 1911 census the household schedule was destroyed and only the enumerator's schedule survives.

The 1911 census of England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and in addition to households and institutions such as prisons and workhouses, canal boats merchant ships and naval vessels it attempted to include homeless persons. The schedule was completed by an individual and for the first time both this record and the enumerator's schedule were preserved. Two forms of boycott of the census by women are possible due to frustration at government failure to grant women the universal right to vote in parliamentary and local elections. The schedule either records a protest by failure to complete the form in respect of the women in the household or women are absent due to organisation of groups of women staying away from home for the whole night. Research estimates that several thousand women are not found by census search. Find my Past 1911 census search

Poor Law Unions

 * Norwich Poor Law Union
 * See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Registration Districts

 * Norwich

Probate Jurisdictions
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes I through N

References:
England Jurisdictions 1851