Norwich St Michael at Plea, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk



Parish History
Norwich St Michael at Plea is an Ancient Parish in the city and Diocese of Norwich.

The church is in the care of the Norwich Historic Churches Trust and is in use as a bookshop, Christian Resource Centre and Café.

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.

Church records
Images of the parish register for this parish are available on FamilySearch Historical Records (formerly Record Search)

Poor Law Union
Norwich Poor Law Union

See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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.georgeplunkett.co.uk for historic photographs of the church.

Norwich Historic Churches Trust http://www.norwich-churches.org/index.asp