Hunstanton, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
HUNSTANTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Docking, hundred of Smithdon, W. division of Norfolk, 16½ miles (N. N. E.) from Lynn. Also referred to as Hunston. Old Hunstanton St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich. Other places in the parish include: Ringstead Parva and Barrett Ringstead

Old Hunstanton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.

This small settlement adjoins to the north of the larger resort of Hunstanton. The quiet character of Old Hunstanton remains distinct from and complements that of its busy sibling, with clifftop walks past a disused lighthouse and the ruins of St. Edmund's Chapel, built in 1272. The River Hun runs to the coast just to the east of old Hunstanton.

In 1870 Hunstanton St Edmund, Norfolk was created from within the Ancient parish to serve the needs of the developing seaside resort to the south of the village.

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:

Norfolk Record Office Parish Records of Old Hunstanton (St Mary's) reference PD698

Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1812

Baptisms and marriages 1725-1811 Burials 1725-1812 FHL BRITISH Film 1526810 Item 4

Known Issues

Images of the parish register are available online at FamilySearch Historical Records. An error in loading images has the Baptism Marriages and burials register for the parish loaded in the images for Thelveton, Norfolk

Poor Law Unions
Docking Poor Law Union, Norfolk

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: Hunstanton on GenUKI