Bawsey, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Bawsey St John was an ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

The church has been ruined since the 1700's. It was previously recorded as a church in the Lynn denaery of the diocese.

A local landowner cleared the village in the sixteenth century.

Bawsey is a civil parish within the Kings Lynn area.

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.

The civil parish is within the following registration districts:


 * Freebridge Lynn 1837-1938
 * King's Lynn 1939-1974

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 refers for registers post the years of the Archdeacon's Transcript years to Gaywood, Norfolk PD 451 for Gaywood with Bawsey and Mintlyn

The parish registers for earlier years are not available on microfilm but the following Archdeacon's transcripts may be added in future to Historic Record Collections (fomerly Record Search) in future.

Poor Law Unions
Freebridge Lynn     http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?FreebridgeLynn/FreebridgeLynn.shtml

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

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
http://www.britainshistoricsites.co.uk/bawsey-old-church.htm for photographs of the ruined church

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/archive/bawsey.html for 1999 television broadcast of archaeology and further websites relating to the site

http://www.lostvillages.co.uk/bawsey/ for details of the village clearance