Bagthorpe, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk



Parish History
Bagthorpe St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.

The church is situated in a lane in the hamlet close by Bagtorpe Hall. It was declared redundnat some time ago and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust although services are still held there on an occasional basis.

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
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Norfolk Record Office reference PD 37

Parish registers for Bagthorpe Microfilm copy of original in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library in Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Images of the these registers may be searched online at FamilySearch Historical Records.

Baptisms, 1561-1776; marriages, 1561-1753; burials, 1561-1777. Baptisms, 1778-1813; burials, 1778-1806. Baptisms, 1813-1906. Marriages, 1756-1810; marriage banns, 1802-1804. Marriages, 1813-1837, 1850. Marriages, 1837-1905. Burials, 1814-1916. Marriage banns, 1844-1913. Burial transcripts, 1883-1887. FHL BRITISH Film 1911508 Items 10 - 18

There is a known issue in relation to England Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Baptisms entered for this parish have been found to be from Rollesby, Norfolk on this film and in indexing batch I07258-3

Archdeacons transcripts Bagthorpe Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Baptisms 1725-1812 Marriages 1725-1810 Burials 1725-1807 FHL BRITISH Film 1526789 Item 11

Census records
1841 FHL BRITISH Film 438859 1851 p. 536-538 FHL BRITISH Film 207482 1861 FHL BRITISH Film 542783 1871 FHL BRITISH Film 838816 1881 FHL BRITISH Film 1341480 1891 RG 12/1561 (4 fiches) FHL BRITISH Fiche 6096671

Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

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

Poor Law Unions
Docking Poor Law Union

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Web sites
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