Metton, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
METTON (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Erpingham, hundred of North Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 3¼ miles (S. S. W.) from Cromer.

Metton St Andrew is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norfolk. Built of flint with stone quoins and dressings it dates from the early 14th century. An unusual feature of the tower is the passage way from North to South which may have been incorporated to allow for ceremonial processions around the church within consecrated ground.

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.


 * Erpingham 1837-1938
 * North Walsham 1939-1974
 * The Register Office, 18 Kings Arms Street, North Walsham, NR28 9JX. Tel/Fax: 01692 406220. E-mail: registration.nwalsham@norfolk.gov.uk

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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 392

Poor Law Unions
Erpingham     http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/erpingham_workhouse.htm

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/metton-st-andrew/ for information about the parish

http://www.cvma.ac.uk/publications/digital/norfolk/sites/metton/catalogue.html mediaeval stained glass

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78426 British History Online

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

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/ for link to Norfolk Baptism Project