Fundenhall, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk  Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
FUNDENHALL (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union and hundred of Depwade, E. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (S. E.) from Wymondham.

Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall is a civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall Wikipedia Fundenhall St Nicholas is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

The church is now closed. An account of the closure and images are at Simon Knott's Norfolk Churches website.

The former church of Aswellthorpe and Fundenhall St Nicholas Church Lane Ashwellthorpe has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

References are found in Francis Blomefield 'Hundred of Depwade: Thorp', An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 5 (1806), pp. 142-163. at British History Online in relation to nearby Thorp

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.


 * Depwade 1837-1935
 * Ashwellthorpe 1936-1974

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

Norfolk Record Office Reference PD 30/1-6, 22-24

This parish's registers do not appear on FamilySearch as no microfilm for the parish is held A search of the FamilySearch Catalogue identifies the following Archdeacon's transcripts:

Poor Law Unions
Depwade Poor Law Union

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

Websites

 * Fundenhall on GenUKI
 * for information about this redundant church
 * for photographs and architecture of the building
 * for listed building
 * St Nicolas, Fundenhall Parish Church Images The Norfolk Churches Site