Eaton, Norfolk Genealogy

Guide to Eaton, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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 * Type = Ancient Parish
 * County = Norfolk
 * Hundred = Norwich Borough
 * Poor Law Union = Norwich
 * Registration District = Norwich
 * PRbegin = 1568
 * BTbegin = 1706
 * Province = Canterbury
 * Diocese = Norwich
 * Archdeaconry =
 * Archdeaconries =
 * Rural Deanery = Norwich
 * Parish =
 * Peculiar =
 * Chapelry =
 * Probate Court = Court of the Peculiar of the Dean &amp; Chapter of Norwich
 * Archdeaconry Court =
 * Bishops Court =
 * Prerogative Court =
 * Archive = Norfolk Record Office

Parish History
EATON-ST. ANDREW, a parish in Norwich district, Norfolk; within Norwich city.

Eaton St Andrew and Christchurch is an Ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

The medieval thatched church is the only thatched church in Norwich and has a dramatic modern extension added to it.

Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
 * Type the name of the parish in the search bar
 * Click on the location pin on the map
 * Choose Options from the pop up box
 * Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring 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.


 * Norwich

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Norfolk ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Norfolk ($)
 * Norfolk Transcription Archive
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Poor Law Unions

 * England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records - FamilySearch Historical Records
 * 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

Websites

 * Eaton on GenUKI
 * Eaton Church and Parish Info
 * Map View of Eaton Church
 * photos of church and extension on Norfolk Churches