Halvergate, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
HALVERGATE (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Blofield, hundred of Walsham, E. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (S. S. E.) from Acle.

Halvergate St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich. Norfolk Churches provides pictures of this church with a little bit of history. Another view is provided by Maureen Mitchell.

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:

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 at FamilySearch Historic Records (formerly Record Search) Norfolk Record Office reference PD 354/1-6

Primitive Methodist Chapel was established in 1878. Maureen Mitchell provides a picture of this church through the Norfolk Transcript Archives website.

Land Records 
1597 Subsidy Taxes courtesy of Norfolk Transcription Archives

Poor Law Unions
For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site:

Workhouses

Blofield Workhouse

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/halvergate-st-peter-st-paul/ for information about the parish

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-228646-remains-of-church-of-st-peter-and-st-pau British Listed Buildings

http://www.broadland.gov.uk/leisure_and_tourism/1169.asp Broadland District Council

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/halvergate/halvergate.htm Norfolk Churches website

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maureenmitchell/church_photographs/churches_norfolk/halvergate_prim_methodist_chapel.JPG for photograph of Primitive Methodist Chapel

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maureenmitchell/church_photographs/churches_norfolk/halvergate_st_peter_&amp;_st_paul.JPG photograph of St Peter and St Paul