Beachamwell St Mary with St John, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
Beachamwell St Mary with St John is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

An 11th century round tower church and one of the surviving churches in the area.

BEECHAMWELL, a district comprising the parish of All Saints and the united parishes of St. John and St. Mary, in the union of Swaffham, hundred of Clackclose, W. division of Norfolk.

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.


 * Swaffham 1837-1935
 * Beachamwell
 * Wayland 1939- 1974

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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 348/1-6

This parish's registers do not appear on FamilySearch as no microfilm for the parish is held.

Poor Law Unions
Swaffham    http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Swaffham/Swaffham.shtml

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

 * Beechamwell on GenUKI