Great Walsingham, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Walsingham Norfolk Shrine Churches contains links to the other sites of the village as a place of pilgrimage.

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.


 * Walsingham 1837-1938
 * Fakenham 1939-1974

The Register Office, Fakenham Connect, Oak Street, Fakenham, NR21 9SR. Tel: 01328 850111. E-mail: registration.fakenham@norfolk.gov.ukPD

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

Images of the parish registers may be viewed online at FamilySearch Historical Records Norfolk Record Office reference PD 583

Poor Law Unions
For more information see The Workhouse, Walsingham Union

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

 * Norfolk: Great Walsingham on GenUKI
 * Parish Info
 * Great Walsingham on Literary Norfolk
 * stained glass of the church
 * British History online
 * British Listed Buildings
 * Norfolk Churches