King’s Lynn St John, Norfolk Genealogy

Guide toKing's Lynn St John, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Kings Lynn St John the Evangelist was created in 1846 from King's Lynn St Margaret Ancient parish.

Kings Lynn, Lynn Regis, or Lynn, parl. and mun. bor., seaport, and market town, Norfolk, on river Ouse, near the confluence of the river Nare, 2 miles from the Wash, 48½ miles NW. of Norwich, and 99 miles from London, 3321 ac., pop. 18,539; 3 Banks, 7 news-papers. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. Kings Lynn was a port even before the Norman invasion. In early times it belonged to the Church, and was known as Bishops Lynn, or Lynn Episcopi, until the property passed to the Crown in the reign of Henry VIII.

Church Records
King's Lynn St John parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Hover over the collection's title for more information

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Norfolk Record Office.

Non-Conformist Church Records

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * 1613-1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Registration Districts

 * King's Lynn

Probate Jurisdictions
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes I through N

Poor Law Unions

 * King's Lynn
 * Maps