Thornham, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
THORNHAM (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Docking, hundred of Smithdon, W. division of Norfolk, 6¼ miles (W. by N.) from Burnham-Westgate. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Thornham All Saints is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

Thornham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north Norfolk coast some 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-east of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, 30 km (19 mi) north of the town of King's Lynn and 70 km (43 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich.[ For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

HMS Thornham, a Ham class minesweeper, was named after the village. The ship's bell hangs in All Saints' Church.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD576

Parish registers, 1716-1900 Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich.

Baptisms 1718-1762 Marriages 1716-1753 Burials 1717-1762 Baptisms &amp; burials 1762-1812 Baptisms 1813-1846 Marriages &amp; banns 1755-1812 Marriages 1813-1867 Burials 1867-1900 Declaration of incorrect entry of baptism of John Allen as Robert (born 8 May 1799) FHL BRITISH Film 1657243 Items 20-29

Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1812 Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Baptisms, burials and marriages 1725-1812 FHL BRITISH Film 1526810 Item 10

Poor Law Unions
Docking Poor Law Union, Norfolk

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Norfolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/thornham/thornham.htm Norfolk churches website