Illington, Norfolk Genealogy

Norfolk

Parish History
Illington St Andrew is an Ancient Parish in the Rockland deanery of the Diocese of Norwich. The church is now redundant and lies on the edge of Thetford Chase and the nearby Ministry of Defence Battle Training area.

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.

Wayland 1837-1974

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 in historic records (formerly Record Search) Norfolk Record Office reference PD 488/1-4

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/Church_Pages/illington.htm for 1813-1880 Baptism transcript Norfolk Baptisms project

Census records
http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

http://apling.freeservers.com/1891Census/Illington.htm transcript of 1891 census

Poor Law Unions
Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Wayland Poor Law Union

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
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51061#s1 British History online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=77133#s1

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?p=128456 forum information and images about the church from Derelict Places website.

http://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk/deserted_villages.htm Literary Norfolk deserted villages