Norwich St Mary in the Marsh, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Norwich St Mary in the Marsh is an Ancient Parish in the city and Diocese of Norfolk. The parish was the parish for the Cathedral Close and was enclosed within the gated precinct of the cathedral.

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.

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

Census records
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Poor Law Union

 * Norwich     http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Norwich/Norwich.shtml
 * 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