Holme next the Sea, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk



Parish History
Holme next the Sea St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich.

Holme-next-the-Sea is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north Norfolk coast some 5 km north-east of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, 30 km north of the town of King's Lynn and 70 km north-west of the city of Norwich. For local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West 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.

Church records
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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 629

Parish registers, 1704-1900 and a transcript of register bills, 1698-1753 Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich.

Baptisms 1704-1738, 1760-1900 Marriages 1705-1738, 1814-1836 Burials 1704-1739, 1760-1770, 1881-1812 Baptisms, marriages &amp; burials 1784-1785 Marriages &amp; banns 1754-1811 FHL BRITISH Film 1657204 Items 1-6 Register bills in the Bishop's Registry, Norwich: Baptisms 1698, 1738, 1743-1747, 1753 Marriages 1738, 1743-1746, 1753 Burials 1698, 1738, 1743-1747, 1753 FHL BRITISH Film 1657204 Item 7

Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1812 Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Baptisms 1725-1812 Marriages 1735-1810 Burials 1725-1811 FHL BRITISH Film 1526810 Item 3

See also

England Norfolk Church of England Parish Registers and Bishops’ Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Overseers' accounts and baptisms and burials of Holme-next-the-Sea Microreproduction of original records at the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich.

Norfolk Record Office nos.: PD629/50-52.

Rates, which are taxes, are determined by property valuation, therefore church and poor rates list owners and occupiers of properties. In some cases, they are listed alphabetically by surname.

Parish chest materials which are identified in these records as chiefly churchwardens' accounts and/or vestry minutes, can contain a variety of records including accounts, minutes, lists of parish officers, church and/or poor rates, payments made to the poor, lists of charities, donors to special collections, terriers (identification of parish boundaries and properties), description of church silver or plate, copies of wills and various other records pertaining to the history and life of the parish.

Burials, 1704-1722, overseers' accounts, etc., 1704-1851, baptisms, 1718-1721, 1713-1717, 1708-1713, 1704-1707 (all the foregoing are in one book). FHL BRITISH Film 2147178 Items 5 - 7

Census records
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Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

Poor Law Unions
Docking Poor Law Union, Norfolk

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.

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