Brumstead, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Brunstead St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norfolk.

Brumstead has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085. In the great book Brumstead is recorded by the names Brumestade, and Brunestade. The main landholders was Roger Bigot. The main tenant is said to be Robert from Roger Bigot. The survey also mentions that there were 30 goats, a church and a mill. There was a pannage or woodland for 16 pigs. In the survey the size of the local woodland was given as to the number of swine the woodland could support.The name Brumstead is believed to derive from the "place of broom".

The village has also been known for hundreds of years as Brunstead, as old maps demonstrate. Brunstead is also the name by which the village is known locally, and the name on the village sign.

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.


 * Tunstead 1837-1869
 * Smallburgh 1870-1938
 * North Walsham 1939-1974

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Images of the parish register for this parish are available in historic records (formerly Record Search) Norfolk Record Office reference PD 263/ 1-6

http://stalhambenefice.org.uk/Brunstead_Baptisms.pdf for Baptism transcript in progress

Census records
http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

http://www.btinternet.com/~e.c.apling/1891Census/Brunstead.htm transcript of 1891 census

Poor Law Unions
For Tunstead and Happing see http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/smallburgh_workhouse.htm

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.achurchnearyou.com/brunstead-st-peter/ for information about the parish

http://www.wilcox53.freeserve.co.uk/BRUMSTEAD%20HISTORY%20MENU.htm Brumstead History

http://stalhambenefice.org.uk/brunstead/ for information about the church

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-223638-church-of-st-peter-brumstead British Listed Building online

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78544 British History online includes list of rectors

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/brumstead/brumstead.htm Norfolk churches website