Antingham, Norfolk Genealogy

Guide to Antingham, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



Parish History
Antingham St Mary is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich and shares the churchyard with the ruined Antingham St Margaret.

The present church underwent restoration in 1865 and survived earlier disrepair when stone from St Margaret was used to repair it leading to the ruin of St Margaret.

Additional information on this parish is available at Genuki.org.uk.

ANTINGHAM, a parish, in the union of Erpingham, hundred of North Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 2½ miles (N. W.) from North Walsham.

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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.

Registration Districts

 * 1837-1938 Erpingham
 * 1939-1974 North Walsham


 * Norfolk Record Office

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Norfolk ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Norfolk ($)
 * Norfolk Transcription Archive
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
 * Tinstaafl Baptism Project 1813 to 1880

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 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)

Census Records

 * 1841 Census Returns courtesy of Norfolk Transcription Archives

Land Records

 * 1597 Subsidy Taxes courtesy of Norfolk Transcription Archives

Poor Law Unions

 * Erpingham Poor Law Union
 * Erpingham Workhouse
 * 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

Military
WW1 War Memorial: hosted by Norfolk Transcription Archives

WW2 War Memorial: hosted by Norfolk Transcription Archives

Websites

 * Antingham on GenUKI