Strumpshaw, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
STRUMPSHAW (St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Blofield, E. division of Norfolk, 1½ mile (S. E.) from Blofield.

Strumpshaw St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the deanery of Blofield and the Diocese of Norwich. Additional photos and historical information is available on the Norfolk Churches website.

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.


 * Blofield 1837-1938
 * Norwich Outer 1939-1974
 * Norwich

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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 89

Census records
The 1891 Census Surname list is provided courtesy of Geoff Lowe and Pat Greetham. 

Land Records
1597 Subsidy Taxes courtesy of the Norfolk Transcription Archives website.

Poor Law Unions
Blofield     http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Blofield/Blofield.shtml

The union consisted of the following parishes: Acle, Beighton, Blofield, Bradestone, Brundall, Buckenham Ferry, Burlingham St Andrew, Burlingham St Edmund, Burlingham St Peter, Cantley, Freethorpe, Halvergate, Hassingham, Hemblington, Limpenhoe, Lingwood, Moulton, Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead, Postwick, Ranworth with Panxworth, Reedham, Southwood, Strumpshaw, Thorpe St Andrew, Tunstall, Upton with Fishley, Walsham St Lawrence, Walsham St Mary, Wickhampton, Witton, Woodbastwick. Blofield Union was incorporated under the 1834 Act. The Union Workhouse was opened in 1836 at Lingwood. Blofield Union Board of Guardians was replaced by Guardians Committee No. 3 in 1930. Received by the Norfolk Record Office on 6 May 1971 (C/GP2/29) and on unknown dates

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.strumpshaw.churchnorfolk.com/ for history of the church and parish with photographs

http://www.norwich.anglican.org/church?deanery=2&amp;p=20 Blofield Deanery

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/Church_Pages/strumpshaw.htm for photographs and Baptism transcripts

http://www.strumpshaw.org/ for information about the village and attractions