Diss, Norfolk Genealogy

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

History
DISS (St. Mary), a market-town and parish, in the union of Depwade, hundred of Diss, E. division of Norfolk, 22 miles (S. S. W.) from Norwich, and 92 (N. E.) from London.

Diss St Mary is the earliest church for the town and subsequently with the expansion in the fifteenth century a chapel was built.

St Mary survived as the Ancient parish church; the chapel survived only until the Reformation. Diss had two churches Diss St Mary, Norfolk survives as the parish church whilst the later chapel of St Nicholas appears to have been lost.

The church was founded in 1290 and John Skelton one of the rectors was also the poet laureate.

Diss has a large concentration of surviving Tudor (1485-1603) buildings and St Nicholas Street in common with much of the ancient town could contain the frame of the 15th century chapel probably a wooden structure.

The Manning family provided many rectors of Diss and the Mannings formed a continuous line of Rectors from 1778 to 1916.

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Census
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Images of the census for 1841-1891 can be viewed in census collections at Ancestry (fee payable) or Findmypast (fee payable)

The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.

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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
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.

Online Parish Records Table

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
 * Tinstaafl Baptism Project 1813 to 1880

Non-Conformist Churches (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * 1613-1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Genealogy
Roberts, Barbara. Whaite abd See - A Cautionary Tale. History of the family of John Whaite and Rebecca nee Crucknell, with the following descendant surnames: Penrice, Clements, Murton, Leatherdale, Dawson, Pack and Calver. Article dates 1755-1874, and is found in The Norfolk Ancestor, New Series, vol. 10 pt. 4, pages 185-187, FamilySearch Library Ref. 942.61 B2j new. series v. 10, pt 4,

Poor Law Unions

 * Depwade Poor Law Union
 * See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records - FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Registration Districts

 * Depwade

Probate Jurisdictions
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes C through F

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851

Websites

 * Diss on GenUKI