Blo’norton, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Blo'Norton St Andrew is an Ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

The parish boundary forms the county boundary with Suffolk.

The name reputedly derives from ‘Blae’, old Saxon/Viking meaning both ‘cold’ and ‘blue’. The ‘blue’ could refer to the woad plant that grows in wetter areas and is a source of traditional blue dye. ‘Norton’ is a settlement on the north side of the river.

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.


 * Guiltcross 1837-1902
 * Thetford 1902-1938
 * Wayland 1939-1974

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 register for this parish are available at FamilySearch Historic Records (formerly Record Search) Norfolk Record Office reference PD 198/1-8

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Guiltcross     http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/guiltcross_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/blo-norton-st-andrew/ for information about the parish

http://www.blo-norton.co.uk/main/bnvw.html the village website.

http://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk/blo_norton.htm Virginia Woolf connection with Blo'Norton Hall

http://www.asht.info/ Anglo Sikh Heritage trail for association with Prince Frederick Duleep Singh who is buried in the churchyard

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/blonorton/blonorton.htm

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/ for transcripts of the parish