Smallburgh, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk



Parish History
Smallburgh St Peter is an Ancient parish in the Waxham deanery of 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.


 * Tunstead 1837-1869
 * Smallburgh 1870-1938
 * North Walsham 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

Images of the parish register for this parish are available in historic records (formerly Record Search) Norfolk Record Office reference PD 189, 1-7

http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=563&amp;district_id=22&amp;document_type=150 Baptism Transcripts

http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=563&amp;district_id=22&amp;document_type=200 Banns Transcripts

http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=563&amp;district_id=22&amp;document_type=250 Marriages Transcripts

http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=563&amp;district_id=22&amp;document_type=300 Burials Transcripts

from Norfolk Transcription archives

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/Church_Pages/smallburgh_workhouse.htm for transcript 1813-1854 Smallburgh Workhouse Baptisms Norfolk Baptism Project This valuable transcript features a complete run of baptismal entries in a parish book and was recorded in the Diocesan Registry along with ArchDeacon's Transcript records.

Census records
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http://www.btinternet.com/~e.c.apling/1891Census/Smallburgh.htm for parish transcript and http://www.btinternet.com/~e.c.apling/1891Census/SmallburghUnion.htm for Workhouse transcript 1891 census Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Poor Law Unions
For Tunstead and Happing see http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/smallburgh_workhouse.htm

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Smallburgh (Tunstead and Happing) Poor Law Union

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
For history of the church http://www.achurchnearyou.com/smallburgh-st-peter/.

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/smallburgh/smallburgh.htm Norfolk Churches website