Billingford (near Scole), Norfolk Genealogy

Guide to Billingford (near Scole), Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
BILLINGFORD (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union of Depwade, hundred of Earsham, E. division of Norfolk, 1½ mile (E.) from Scole.

Billington St Leonard is an Ancient parish and includes: Thorpe Parva, Pierleston, and Pirleston. It is in the deanery of Redenhall and the Diocese of Norwich.

It should not be confused with the village and parish of St Peter of the same name Billingford (near Foulsham), Norfolk

BILLINGFORD (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union of Depwade, hundred of Earsham, E. division of Norfolk, 1½ mile (E.) from Scole.

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

Browse Bishop's Transcript Images on FamilySearch

Some of these records pertain to Billingsford near Foulsham


 * 1705-1706 Image 371
 * 1705-1706 Image 372
 * 1715-1716 Image 1189
 * 1718 Image 2
 * 1722-1723 Image 32

Non-Conformist Records

 * 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)

Poor Law Union
Depwade Poor Law Union

See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Registration Districts

 * Depwade1837-1935
 * Scole 1936-1974

Probate Jurisdictions
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851

Websites

 * Billingford near Diss on GenUKI