Billingford (near Scole), Norfolk Genealogy

England Norfolk Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
BILLINGFORD (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union of Depwade, hundred of Earsham, E. division of Norfolk, 1½ mile (E.) from Scole.

Billington St Leonard is an Ancient parish and includes: Thorpe Parva, Pierleston, and Pirleston. It is in the deanery of Redenhall and the Diocese of Norwich.

It should not be confused with the village and parish of St Peter of the same name Billingford (near Foulsham), Norfolk

Church Records
Images of the parish register for this parish are available on FamilySearch Records ( Historical Records)

Census records
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Prior to the 1911 census the household schedule was destroyed and only the enumerator's schedule survives.

The 1911 census of England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and in addition to households and institutions such as prisons and workhouses, canal boats merchant ships and naval vessels it attempted to include homeless persons. The schedule was completed by an individual and for the first time both this record and the enumerator's schedule were preserved. Two forms of boycott of the census by women are possible due to frustration at government failure to grant women the universal right to vote in parliamentary and local elections. The schedule either records a protest by failure to complete the form in respect of the women in the household or women are absent due to organisation of groups of women staying away from home for the whole night. Research estimates that several thousand women are not found by census search. Find my Past 1911 census search

Poor Law Union
Depwade Poor Law Union

See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Registration Districts

 * Depwade1837-1935
 * Scole 1936-1974

Probate Jurisdictions
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851