Attleborough, Norfolk Genealogy

Norfolk

Parish History
Attleborough Assumption of the Blessed Virgin St Mary or Attleborough St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

The church dates from Saxon times when St Edmund spent a year with priests at Attleborough before his coronation in 856.

Originally the church was in the shape of a cross with the Norman tower at the centre but in 1386 Sir Robert Mortimer partitioned off the chancel for the use of a college of 5 priests and built the present enlarged nave for the use of the parish.

The old chancel was demolished in the Reformation.

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.


 * Wayland 1837-1974

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Images of the parish register for this parish are available in historic records (formerly Record Search) Norfolk Record Office reference PD 438/1-11

Attleborough Wesleyan Methodist chapel http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/Church_Pages/attleborough_wesleyan.htm for transcripts of Baptism 1813-1880 Norfolk Baptism Project

Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=20&amp;district_id=24&amp;document_type=150 transcript of 1891 census

Poor Law Unions
Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Wayland Poor Law Union

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/attleborough-assumption-of-the-blessed-virgin-mar/ for information about the parish.

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-220248-church-of-st-mary-attleborough British Listed Building

http://www.poppyland.co.uk/index.php?s=ATTLEBOROUGH for history and images of Attleborough and history

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50769#s22 British History online

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/attleborough/attleborough.htm Norfolk Chruches website