Lingwood, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
LINGWOOD (St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Blofield, E. division of Norfolk, 2¾ miles (W. S. W.) from Acle. There is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists.

Lingwood St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich. The present church is 14th century in origin but had heavy restoration in the 19th century. Additional history and photos of St. Peter's church in Lingwood are available from the Norfolk Churches Website.

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.


 * Blofield 1837-1938
 * Norwich Outer 1939-1974
 * Norwich

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

This parish's registers do not appear on FamilySearch as no microfilm for the parish is held

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 183/ 1-6, 65 A search of the Family History Library Catalogue identifies the following Archdeacon's transcripts:

See web links below for Norfolk Baptism Project transcripts

Census records
1891 Census Surname Index courtesy of the Norfolk Transcription Archives.

1891 Census of Union Workshouse Surnames Index courtesy of the Norfolk Transcription Archives.

Land Records
1597 Subsidy Taxes courtesy of the Norfolk Transcription Archives.

Poor Law Unions
For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: www.workhouses.org.uk and http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Blofield/Blofield.shtml

he following parishes: Acle, Beighton, Blofield, Bradestone, Brundall, Buckenham Ferry, Burlingham St Andrew, Burlingham St Edmund, Burlingham St Peter, Cantley, Freethorpe, Halvergate, Hassingham, Hemblington, Limpenhoe, Lingwood, Moulton, Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead, Postwick, Ranworth with Panxworth, Reedham, Southwood, Strumpshaw, Thorpe St Andrew, Tunstall, Upton with Fishley, Walsham St Lawrence, Walsham St Mary, Wickhampton, Witton, Woodbastwick. Blofield Union was incorporated under the 1834 Act. The Union Workhouse was opened in 1836 at Lingwood. Blofield Union Board of Guardians was replaced by Guardians Committee No. 3 in 1930. Received by the Norfolk Record Office on 6 May 1971 (C/GP2/29) and on unknown dates

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: Lingwood on GenUKI
 * Lingwood St Peter on A Church Near You
 * Blofield Deanery
 * Lingwood on Tinstaafl. Bapt. Transcripts.
 * Church of St Peter Lingwood and Burlingh on British Listed Buildings
 * Lingwood on Norfolk Churches website