Heigham, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk



Parish History
Heigham St Bartholomew is an Ancient parish in the diocese of Norwich.

Only the tower remains after substantial damage by German bombing in 1942. Heigham lies just outside the city walls of Norwich and along with other medieval church of Norwich St Benedict, Norfolk and subsequent bombing victims in the city.

The parish is large and subsequent church building of Heigham St Philip, Norfolk Heigham St Thomas, Norfolk Heigham Most Holy Trinity, Norfolk Heigham St Barnabas, Norfolk  were designed to meet the needs of the population of the city within the Ancient parish boundaries.

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
Norfolk Record Office reference PD 470 many of the records were destroyed in the 27 April 1942 "Baedecker" raid bombing of Norwich St Benedict area and and Heigham.

This parish does not appear on FamilySearch Historical Records (formerly known as Record Search) as no microfilm for the parish is held. A search of the Family History Library Catalogue indicates that the following Archdeacon's transcripts are on film but these have not yet been converted to digital images for publication. Transcripts are the major surviving record source for the parish.

Poor Law Unions
Norwich   http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Norwich/Norwich.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
For historic photographs of the church http://www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Website/raids.htm and history of German Bombing of Norwich

http://www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Website/modernparishchurches.htm for photographs of Heigham churches

http://www.welbank.net/norwich/hist.html history of Heigham