Stokesby with Herringby, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
STOKESBY (St. Andrew), a parish, in the East and West Flegg incorporation, hundred of East Flegg, E. division of Norfolk, 2 miles (E.) from Acle, by the ferry across the Bure; containing, with Herringby. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Stokesby St Andrew with Herringby is an Ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

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.


 * Flegg 1837-1924
 * Yarmouth and Flegg 1925-1938
 * Acle 1938-1974
 * Norwich Outer
 * Norwich

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

Images of the parish register are available at FamilySearch Historical Records.

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
East and West Flegg     http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Flegg/Flegg.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
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/stokesby-st-andrew/ for details of the parish

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/Church_Pages/stokesby.htm for photographs history and linked transcription for the parish

http://www.stokesby.org.uk/page10.html for village web site contains information about the history of the church

http://www.great-yarmouth.co.uk/whats-on/Stokesby/details/?dms=13&amp;z=12&amp;feature=2&amp;GroupId=2&amp;venue=0111694