Hardwick, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
HARDWICK (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union and hundred of Depwade, E. division of Norfolk, 3½ miles (S. S. E.) from Stratton. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

There are two locations named Hardwick in Norfolk. One is about 9 miles N.E. of Diss. The other is a hamlet of North Runcton near King's Lynn.

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 PD 437/1-5

Poor Law Union
Depwade Poor Law Union

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

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

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

 * Norfolk: Hardwick on GenUKI