Billingford (near Scole), Norfolk Genealogy

Guide to Billingford (near Scole), Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
BILLINGFORD (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union of Depwade, hundred of Earsham, E. division of Norfolk, 1½ mile (E.) from Scole.

Billington St Leonard is an Ancient parish and includes: Thorpe Parva, Pierleston, and Pirleston. It is in the deanery of Redenhall and the Diocese of Norwich.

It should not be confused with the village and parish of St Peter of the same name Billingford (near Foulsham), Norfolk

BILLINGFORD (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union of Depwade, hundred of Earsham, E. division of Norfolk, 1½ mile (E.) from Scole.

Church Records
Billingford (near Scole) parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Norfolk Record Office.

Poor Law Union
Depwade Poor Law Union

See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Registration Districts

 * Depwade1837-1935
 * Scole 1936-1974

Probate Jurisdictions
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851

Websites

 * Billingford near Diss on GenUKI