Norwich St James with Pockthorpe, Norfolk Genealogy

Parish History
Norwich St James with Pockthorpe is an Ancient Parish within the city and Dioces of Norwich.

A mediaeval church declared redundant and converted in the 1970's to become the Norwich Puppet Theatre the building is in the care of the Norwich Historic Churches Trust and receives over 10,000 visitors a year to performances.

Church records
Images of the parish register for this parish are available on Record Search.

Civil Registration Districts

 * Norwich

Poor Law Unions

 * For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: www.workhouses.org.uk and http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Norwich/Norwich.shtml
 * Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Probate records
Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851

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