Little Plumstead, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
PLUMSTEAD, LITTLE (St. Gervase and St. Protasius,) a parish, in the union and hundred of Blofield, E. division of Norfolk, 6 miles (E. by N.) from Norwich.

Little Plumstead St Gervase and St Protease is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich Blofield deanery. Norfolk churches provides some pictures and history of St. Gervase and St. Protase.

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.


 * Blofield 1837-1938
 * Norwich Outer 1939-1974
 * Norwich

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

Images of the parish register are available on FamilySearch Historical Records Norfolk Record Office reference PD 452

Census records
1891 Census Surnames Index courtesy of the Norfolk Transcription Archives. 

Land Records
1597 Subsidy Taxes courtesy of the Norfolk Transcription Archives.

Military Records
WW1 War Memorial courtesy of the Norfolk Transcription Archives. Photos of the WW1 War Memorial is provided by Kenneth Stanford on the Norfolk Transcription Archives,photo 1, photo 2.

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?Blofield/Blofield.shtml

The union consisted of the following parishes: Acle, Beighton, Blofield, Bradestone, Brundall, Buckenham Ferry, Burlingham St Andrew, Burlingham St Edmund, Burlingham St Peter, Cantley, Freethorpe, Halvergate, Hassingham, Hemblington, Limpenhoe, Lingwood, Moulton, Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead, Postwick, Ranworth with Panxworth, Reedham, Southwood, Strumpshaw, Thorpe St Andrew, Tunstall, Upton with Fishley, Walsham St Lawrence, Walsham St Mary, Wickhampton, Witton, Woodbastwick. Blofield Union was incorporated under the 1834 Act. The Union Workhouse was opened in 1836 at Lingwood. Blofield Union Board of Guardians was replaced by Guardians Committee No. 3 in 1930. Received by the Norfolk Record Office on 6 May 1971 (C/GP2/29) and on unknown dates

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
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/little-plumstead-st-gervase-st-protase/ for information about the parish

http://www.norwich.anglican.org/church?deanery=2 Blofield Deanery

http://www.churchintheplumsteads.com/ for information about parishes in the area

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/norfolk/great+and+little+plumstead British Listed Buildings

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/littleplumstead/index.html Norfolk Churches website