Hackford with Whitwell, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Guide to Hackford with Whitwell, Norfolk family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. {{Infobox England Jurisdictions {{Infobox England Jurisdictions }}
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 * Type = Ancient Parish
 * County = Norfolk
 * Hundred = Eynsford
 * Poor Law Union = Aylsham
 * Registration District = Aylsham
 * PRbegin = 1559
 * BTbegin = 1600
 * Province = Canterbury
 * Diocese = Norwich
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 * Rural Deanery = Sparham
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 * Probate Court = Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich
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 * Archive = Norfolk Record Office

Parish History
HACKFORD (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Aylsham, hundred of Eynsford, E. division of Norfolk; comprising the principal part of the town of Reepham. The living is a discharged rectory, with the vicarage of Whitwell united.

Hackford with Whitwell St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Sparham deanery of the diocese of Norwich. Other places in the parish include: Whitwell.It should not be confised with Hackford, Norfolk All Saints in the Forehoe deanery.

The mediaeval church was restored in the 1880's by Diocesan architect Hubert Green.

The parish is sometimes referred to as Hackford cum Whitwell or Hackford juxta Reepham (Hackford near Reepham)

Entrres in the Family History catalogue are for Hackford-by-Reepham; the Norfolk Record Office deposited records are catalogued as Parish Records of Hackford with Whitwell.

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:

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

The parish of Hackford St Mary is sometimes referred to as Hackford juxta Whitwell and also by the title Hackford near Reepham in the Family History library catalogue to distinguish it from Hackford All Saints Hackford, Norfolk

Norfolk Record Office Parish Records of Hackford with Whitwell reference PD 441

Parish registers Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Item 10 Baptisms 1584-1682 Marriages 1559-1647, 1660-1679 Burials 1559-1653, 1660-1682 Item 11 Baptisms, marriages, burials 1681-1773 Item 12 Baptisms and burials 1773-1812 (includes Whitwell from 1783) Item 13 Baptisms 1813-1863 Item 14 Baptisms 1863-1901 Item 15 Marriages and banns 1754-1771 Item 16 Marriages 1813-1837 Item 17 Marriages 1837-1901 Item 18 Burials 1813-1883 FHL BRITISH Film 1596458 Items 10-18 Item 19 Burials 1883-1901 FHL BRITISH Film 1596458 Item 19 Archdeacons transcripts Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Hackford-by-Reepham and Whitwell shared the same chapel and records. Early entries in Latin.

Baptisms 1600-1608, 1623-1633, 1665-1812 Marriages 1600-1608, 1623-1633, 1665-1812 Burials 1600-1608, 1629-1633, 1665-1812 FHL BRITISH Film 1526782 Item 4

Poor Law Unions
Aylsham 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Norfolk: Hackford (near Reepham) on GenUKI