Wymondham, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Guide to Wymondham, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
WYMONDHAM, or Windham (St. Mary the Virgin and St. Thomas à Becket), a parish, in the incorporation and hundred of Forehoe, E. division of Norfolk, 9 miles (W. S. W.) from Norwich, and 100 (N. E. by N.) from London. The Baptists, theSociety of Friends, the Independents, and Wesleyans have places of worship.

Wymondham St Mary and St Thomas of Canterbury is an Ancient parish in the diocese of Norwich.

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.

Forehoe 1837-1938 Norwich Outer 1939-1974 Norwich

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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 184/ 1-25

Genealogy
Miller, Terry and Mary. A Seventeenth Century Medical Family of Wymondham. History of the family and descendants of John Hawys c1563 and married Alice Rix of Wacton, in 1598.Other areas are Norwich, and Wicklewood. Other surnames are Hobart, Freeman, Quarles, Bayfield, Anguish, Crowe, Gleane, Maud, Rayley, Jyssop, Stuart, Burroughes, Gardner, Carver, Dey, Andrews, Culyer, Jubbs, Seaborne, Malsopp, Watts, Talbot, Blackborne, Bransby. Article covers years 1563-1752, and is found in The Norfolk Ancestor, vol. 4 pt. 8. Dec 2006, pages 513-516, Family History Library Ref. 942.61 B2j v4, pt 8, Dec. 2006.

Poor Law Unions
http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/forehoe_workhouse.htm

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Forehoe 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Wymondham on GenUKI