Banningham, Norfolk Genealogy

England  Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
Banningham St Botolph is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

Banningham has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085. In the great book Banningham is recorded by the names Banincha, and Hamingeha. The main landholder is William de Warenne and the Abbot of Holm. The main tenant is Roger from Reynald Fitzlvo.

The church dates from the 14th century.

Banningham is a village within the civil parish of Colby in the English county of Norfolk.The village is 2.9 miles north east of Aylsham, 14.7 miles west north of Norwich and 129 miles north east of London. The village lies a small distance east from the A140 Cromer to Norwich road.

For local government purposes the civil parish is in North Norfolk district.

BANNINGHAM (St. Botolph), a parish, in the union of Aylsham, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 2 miles (N. E.) from Aylsham. There is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists.

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.


 * Aylsham 1837-1938
 * Norwich Outer 1939-1974
 * Norwich

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

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 at FamilySearch Historical Records

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 397/1-5, 12-13

Parish registers for Banningham Microfilm copy of original in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library in Norwich, Norfolk, England.

General registers, 1709-1786 (baptisms, marriages, burials). Baptisms, 1813-1912. Marriages, 1755-1812; marriage banns, 1755-1816. FHL BRITISH Film 1951568 Items 23 - 25 Marriages, 1813-1901. Burials, 1813-1904. FHL BRITISH Film 1951630 Items 1 - 3 Archdeacons transcripts

Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Early entries in Latin.

Baptisms 1600-1610, 1623-1630?, 1665-1702, 1720-1812 Marriages 1600?-1610?, 1623?-1630?, 1665-1702 1720-1812 Burials 1600-1608, 1623?-1630?, 1665-1694, 1720-1811 FHL BRITISH Film 1526779 Item 3

See Also

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

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Aylsham Poor Law Union

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * Banningham on GenUKI