Norwich St Peter Hungate, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Norwich St Peter Hungate is an Ancient Parish in the city and Diocese of Norwich. The building is in the care of the Norwich Historic Churches Trust and houses Hungate Medieval Art a charitable trust dedicated to medieval artifacts from churches in the county and diocese.

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

Images of the parish register are available on FamilySearch Historical Records.

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

Hungate Medieval Art    www.hungate.org.uk