Burgh-next-Aylsham, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
BURGH, a district comprising the consolidated parishes of St. Margaret and St. Mary, in the East and West Flegg incorporation, hundred of West Flegg, E. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (N. E. by E.) from Acle.

Burgh -next-Aylsham St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

A mediaeval church in the perpendicular style. Burgh and Tuttington is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. The parish includes Burgh next Aylsham and Tuttington.

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.


 * Aylsham 1837-1935
 * Norwich Outer 1939-1974
 * Norwich

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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD232/1-4

Parish registers of Burgh-Next-Aylsham Microfilm copy of original in the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich. Some records in Latin. Baptisms, 1563-1651, 1659-1741; marriages, 1563-1650, 1661-1741; burials, 1563-1650, 1661-1741; baptisms &amp; burials, 1742-1812; marriages, 1741-1754; baptisms, 1813-1902; marriages, 1838-1902. FHL BRITISH Film 1951408 Items 11 - 14 Burials, 1813-1901. FHL BRITISH Film 2147114 Item 2

Archdeacons transcripts

Baptisms, 1600-1610, 1623-1633, 1665-1812; Marriages, burials, 1600-1610, 1623-1633, 1665-1812. FHL BRITISH Film 1526779 Item 10

Poor Law Unions
Aylsham Poor Law Union

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Poor law records of Burgh-Next-Aylsham Microreproduction of original records at the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich. Norfolk Record Office nos.: PD232/16-22.

Settlement certificates, 1737-1824; lists of settlement certificates, 1782-1793; removal orders, 1757-1834, 1781; settlement examinations, 1770-1836; settlement disputes, 1740-1835; apprenticeship indentures, 1750-1837; bastardy bonds, orders and papers, 1754-1792, 1790-1827, 1783. FHL BRITISH Film 2147114 Items 3 - 12

See England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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

 * Burgh next Aylsham on GenUKI
 * Parish Info
 * Photographs and transcript information
 * Norfolk Churches website
 * The Mercer's Company benefice&gt;