Hargham, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Hargham All Saints is an Ancient Parish in the Rockland deanery of the Diocese of Norwich.

The modern parish of Wilby with Hargham is part of the Quidenham group of parishes.

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.

Wayland 1837-1974

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 register for this parish are available at FamilySearch Historic Records (formerly Record Search) Norfolk Record Office reference PD 96,1-3, 6, 12-13

http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=264&amp;district_id=24&amp;document_type=160 Archdeacon transcripts

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/Church_Pages/hargham.htm for images of the church and Baptism transcript 1813-1880 Norfolk Baptism Project

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

http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=264&amp;district_id=24 transcript of 1891 census

Poor Law Unions
Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Wayland 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

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

http://www.quidenhamgroup.co.uk/ for Quidenham group of parishes

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51007#s6 British History online

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hargham/hargham.htm Norfolk Churches website