Norwich St Etheldreda, Norfolk Genealogy

Guide to Norwich St Etheldreda, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Norwich St Ethelreda is a round towered Norman church whose bell tower has an octagonal top.

Following the sixteenth century Reformation, the church declined: in 1597 the chancel was described as being "greatly ruinous". By the late nineteenth century the church was dilapidated and all but redundant.

It was thatched until the roof and extensive Victorian remodelling took place in the 1880's but suffered further decline became derelict by the late 1960's and was declared redundant. In the care of the Norwich Historic church Trust it was adapted for use as an artist's studio space with modifications.

Norwich, parl. and mun. bor., city, co.town of Norfolk, and co. in itself, on river Wensum, 20 miles W. of Yarmouth and 114 NE. of London by rail, 7472 ac.

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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD4/1-6,8-10,13

Known Issues

Images of the parish register for this parish are available on FamilySearch but appear under Norwich St Etheldred and several waypoints await engineering correction.

Non-Conformist Records

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * 1613-1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Civil Registration Districts

 * Norwich
 * registration events post 1837 may be searched online at Free BMD

Poor Law Unions
Norwich Poor Law Union

See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Probate Records
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes I through N

Maps and Gazetteers
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