West Lynn, Norfolk Genealogy

Guide to West Lynn, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
LYNN, WEST (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Lynn, hundred of Freebridge-Marshland, W. division of Norfolk, ¾ of a mile (W.) from Lynn.

West Lynn St Peter is an Ancient parish in the diocese of Norwich.

Church Records
West Lynn 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.

Registration Districts

 * King's Lynn

Probate Jurisdictions
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes T through Z

Poor Law Unions

 * King's Lynn    http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/kings_lynn_workhouse.htm
 * see also Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851

Websites

 * Norfolk: West Lynn on GenUKI