Forncett St Peter, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Forncett St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich.

A Saxon round tower church with 1850 renovation.

The combined parish of Forncett includes Forncett St Mary, 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.


 * Depwade 1837-1935
 * Forncett 1935- 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 registers for the parish are online in the Historic Records Collection (formerly Record Search)

A search of the Family History Library Catalogue indicates that the following Archdeacon's transcripts are on film but these have not yet been converted to digital images for publication

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.

Poor Law Unions
For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: www.workhouses.org.uk and  http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Depwade/Depwade.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/forncett-st-peter/ for details of the parish and it's connection with the poet William Wordsworth.

http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/forncett-st-peter-smockmill.html The history of the Forncett Windmill