Rollesby, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk  Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
ROLLESBY (St. George), a parish, in the East and West Flegg incorporation, hundred of West Flegg, E. division of Norfolk, 5¼ miles (N. E.) from Acle. There is a place of worship for Baptists.

Rollesby St George is an Ancient parish in the diocese of Norwich and one of the Norfolk Round Tower churches.

The church was built in the fourteenth century and subsequently renovated.

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.


 * Flegg 1837-1924
 * Yarmouth and Flegg 1925-1938
 * Acle 1938-1974
 * Norwich Outer
 * Norwich

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

Images of the parish register are available on FamilySearch.

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: www.workhouses.org.uk and http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Flegg/Flegg.shtml

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/rollesby-st-george/ for information about the parish

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/Church_Pages/rollesby.htm for photographs of the church and transcript information

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78780 for list of rectors from foundation of the church in 14th century

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