Waterden, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Waterden All Saints (including Egmere) is an Ancient Parish in the Burnham deanery of the Diocese of Norwich.

This is a small hamlet church and includes other small hamlets like Egmere in the parish boundary.

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.


 * Walsingham 1837-1938
 * Fakenham 1939-1974

The Register Office, Fakenham Connect, Oak Street, Fakenham, NR21 9SR. Tel: 01328 850111. E-mail: registration.fakenham@norfolk.gov.uk

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Images of the parish registers may be viewed onlineat FamilySearch Historical Records.Norfolk_Record_Office reference PD 593

See England_Norfolk_Church_of_England_Parish_Registers_and_Bishops’_Transcripts_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)

Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

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

http://www.btinternet.com/~e.c.apling/1891Census/SouthCreake.htm includes Waterden and Egmere transcript of 1891 census

Poor Law Unions
Docking Poor Law Union, Norfolk

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

Web sites
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/waterden-all-saints/ for information about the parish

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78332 British History online

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/321243 for images of the church

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/waterden/waterden.htm for images and description of the church Norfolk Churches website