South Creake, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
CREAKE, SOUTH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Docking, hundred of Brothercross, W. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (S. S. E.) from Burnham Westgate. There is a place of worship for Independents.

South Creake Our Lady St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich.

South Creake is a village and civil parish in north west Norfolk, England. The village lies 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) south of its twin village of North Creake, and some five miles (8 km) north-west of the town of Fakenham. For the purposes of 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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 612 South Creake Parish registers Microfilm copy of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich, England.

Item 31 Baptisms 1539-1812, 1839 Burials 1539-1687 Marriages 1550-1768 Item 32 Burials 1678-1812 Item 33 Marriages 1754-1756 Item 34 Marriages 1757-1812 Banns 1757-1795 Item 35 Marriages 1812-1826 Item 36 Burials 1813-1862 Item 37 Burials 1862-1916 Item 38 Register bill/burials 1856 FHL BRITISH Film 1565793 Items 31-38 Item 37 Baptisms 1813-1870 Item 38 Marriages 1827-1857 Item 39 Marriages 1837-1901 Item 40 Banns 1754-1756 Item 41 Banns 1823-1864 Item 42 Banns 1864-1918 FHL BRITISH Film 1526885 Items 37-42 Baptisms 1813-1900 FHL BRITISH Film 1657289 Item 30 Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1812

Baptisms, burials and marriages 1725-1812 FHL BRITISH Film 1526790 Item 2

see Docking Poor Law Union, Norfolk for history of the parish workhouse

Parish poor law records, 1659-1840 Microfilm copy of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich, England. Norfolk Record Office no.: PD 612/42, 70-71, 75-77, 128-129

Overseers' accounts 1720-1835 Apprenticeship indentures 1659, 1677, 1679 Poor rate books 1836-1840 FHL BRITISH Film 1702279 Items 4-10

Churchwardens' accounts and rates of South Creake, 1789-1863 Microreproduction of original records at the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich.Norfolk Record Office nos.: PD612/13, 127.

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

Churchwardens' accounts, 1789-1863; Church rates, 1854-1863. FHL BRITISH Film 2186445 Items 5 - 6

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


 * 1891 Census Surname Index: Transcribed by Pat Greetham
 * 1891 Census Surname Index: Transcribed by Pat Greetham

Military Records

 * World War 1 Memorial: Transcribed by Byron and housed by Norfolk Transcritpion Archives
 * World War 2 Memorial: Transcribed by Byron and housed by Norfolk Transcritpion Archives

Poor Law Unions
Docking Poor Law Union, Norfolk

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.

Tax Records
1597 Subsidy Taxes: Transcribed by Geoff Lowe and housed by Norfolk Transcription Archives

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

 * Norfolk: South Creake on GenUKI