Burgh-next-Aylsham, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk



Parish History
Burgh -next-Aylsham St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

A mediaeval church in the perpendicular style.

Burgh and Tuttington is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. The parish includes Burgh next Aylsham and Tuttington.

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.


 * Aylsham 1837-1935
 * Norwich Outer 1939-1974
 * Norwich

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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD232/1-4

Parish registers of Burgh-Next-Aylsham Microfilm copy of original in the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich. Some records in Latin. Baptisms, 1563-1651, 1659-1741; marriages, 1563-1650, 1661-1741; burials, 1563-1650, 1661-1741; baptisms &amp; burials, 1742-1812; marriages, 1741-1754; baptisms, 1813-1902; marriages, 1838-1902. FHL BRITISH Film 1951408 Items 11 - 14 Burials, 1813-1901. FHL BRITISH Film 2147114 Item 2

Archdeacons transcripts

Baptisms, 1600-1610, 1623-1633, 1665-1812; Marriages, burials, 1600-1610, 1623-1633, 1665-1812. FHL BRITISH Film 1526779 Item 10

See also

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.

Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

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

Poor Law Unions
Aylsham Poor Law Union

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Poor law records of Burgh-Next-Aylsham Microreproduction of original records at the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich. Norfolk Record Office nos.: PD232/16-22.

Settlement certificates, 1737-1824; lists of settlement certificates, 1782-1793; removal orders, 1757-1834, 1781; settlement examinations, 1770-1836; settlement disputes, 1740-1835; apprenticeship indentures, 1750-1837; bastardy bonds, orders and papers, 1754-1792, 1790-1827, 1783. FHL BRITISH Film 2147114 Items 3 - 12

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

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/burgh-next-aylsham-st-mary/ for information about the parish

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/Church_Pages/burgh_next_aylsham.htm for photographs and transcript information

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

http://www.mercers.co.uk/netbuildpro/process/236/StMarytheVirginBurghnextAylshamNorfolk.php The Mercer's Company benefice