Gaywood, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
GAYWOOD (St. Faith), a parish, in the union and hundred of Freebridge-Lynn, W. division of Norfolk, ¾ of a mile (E. by N.) from Lynn.

Gaywood St Faith is an Ancient parish in the Lynn deanery of the Diocese of Norwich. The church and parish of the ancient village of Gaywood, which is now a suburb of King's Lynn, and since 1974 has been shared by the Gaywood Methodist congregation. It is a Local Ecumenical Partnership, where Anglicans and Methodists share fully in each others worship and work together in every aspect of church life. Includes Highgate.

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:

Parish registers are deposited at Norfolk Record Office reference PD 451/1-10, 12-14, 24-25

FamilySearch Historical Records contains no images for this parish since no microfilm of the parish registers.

Archdeacons transcripts, 1600-1812 Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Gaywood Methodist Church

Poor Law Unions
Freebridge Lynn 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * Norfolk: Gaywood on GenUKI
 * Gaywood Methodist services at St Faith's Please note that the church operates a parish office and visitors are advised to contact in advance. Contact details are on the parish website.
 * Gaywoodon Norfolk churches website (images of the church)
 * Gaywoodon British History Online