Horsey, Norfolk Genealogy

England Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
HORSEY-next-the-Sea (All Saints), a parish, in the hundred of Happing, E. division of Norfolk, 11 miles (N. N. W.) from Yarmouth.

Horsey All Saints 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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Images of the parish register are available at FamilySearch Norfolk Record Office reference PD 339/1-4, 17

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/Church_Pages/horsey.htm for images of the church and Baptism transcripts Norfolk Baptism Project

Census records
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http://www.btinternet.com/~e.c.apling/1891Census/Horsey.htm transcript of 1891 census

Poor Law Unions
For Tunstead and Happing see http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/smallburgh_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/horsey-all-saints/ for information about the parish

http://www.horseyvillage.com/Old-Chapel.html Horsey Village website for history of Methodist meeting places and both chapels

http://www.marinet.org.uk/coastaldefences/churches.html for churches at risk of coastal erosion

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51046 British History Online

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