Forncett St Peter, Norfolk Genealogy

Guide to Forncett St Peter, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. {{Infobox England Jurisdictions {{Infobox England Jurisdictions }}
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 * Type = Ecclesiastical Parish
 * County = Norfolk
 * Hundred = Depwade
 * Poor Law Union = Depwade
 * Registration District = Depwade
 * PRbegin = 1561; For more records see Forncett St Mary
 * BTbegin = 1705
 * Province = Canterbury
 * Diocese = Norwich
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 * Rural Deanery = Depwade
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 * Probate Court = Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk
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 * Archive = Norfolk Record Office

Parish History
FORNCETT (St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Depwade, E. division of Norfolk, 2¾ miles (W. by N.) from Long Stratton.

Also referenced as Bustard's Green or Buster's Green. Forncett St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich. Also known includes Forncett End.

A Saxon round tower church with 1850 renovation. The combined parish of Forncett includes Forncett St Mary, Norfolk

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.


 * Depwade 1837-1935
 * Forncett 1935- 1974

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

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Norfolk Record Office.

Poor Law Unions
Depwade 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

Websites

 * Forncett St Peter on GenUKI
 * Parish details and it's connection with the poet William Wordsworth
 * The history of the Forncett Windmill