Terrington St John, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk    Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
TERRTNGTON (St. John), a parish, in the union of Wisbech, hundred of Freebridge-Marshland, W. division of Norfolk, 6 miles (W. S. W.) from Lynn. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Terrington St John was created as a chapelry to Terrington St Clement, Norfolk later became an Ecclesiastical parish in the diocese of Norwich.

Includes or also known as Marshland Smeeth.

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 District:


 * Wisbech

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

This parish's registers do not appear on FamilySearch as no microfilm for the parish is held A search of the FamilySearch Catalogue identify the following Archdeacon's transcripts:

Poor Law Unions
Wisbech Poor Law Union

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

Websites

 * Norfolk: Terrington St John on GenUKI