Horsham St Faith with Newton St Faith, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
HORSHAM (St. Faith), a parish, in the union of St. Faith, hundred of Taverham, E. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (N. by W.) from Norwich. There are places of worship for Wesleyans.

Horsham St Faith St Mary and St. Andrew is an Ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

The St Faith in the village name comes from the Priory of St Faith, established here by Robert Fitzwalter after a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella in the years after the Conquest.

Part of the Priory survives as a private house. St Mary and St Andrew is clearly not a possible medieval dedication, but in the south porch vaulting, a boss shows the crucifixion of St Andrew. The Church has been restored in several centuries and a recent restoration and extension has added modern facilities.

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.


 * St Faith's

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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 29

This parish's registers do not appear on FamilySearch as no microfilm for the parish is held A search of the Family History Library Catalogue identifies the following Archdeacon's transcripts:

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

Norfolk Nonconformist Chapel Survey undertaken by the Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group Norwich Record Office reference SO 197/14/1-10, 900X8 Date 1988-1992 Description 1 Narborough Wesleyan Methodist 2 Neatishead Baptist, including memoranda of memorial inscriptions. 3 Neatishead Primitive Methodist. Demolished. No photographs. 4 Necton Baptist 5 Necton Wesleyan Methodist 6 Newton St Faith Primitive Methodist 7 Nordelph Wesleyan Methodist 8 Northwold Wesleyan Methodist 9 Northwold Primitive Methodist

Poor Law Unions
St Faith's     http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/st_faith_workhouse.htm

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * Norfolk: Horsham St Faith on GenUKI