East Rudham, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk



Parish History
East Rudham St mary is an Ancient parish in the diocese of Norwich.

The church is medieval and had restoration in the 19th century. The tower has six bells. The tenor and 5th were cast by William Purdue in 1630; the 4th by Thomas Bilbie in 1732; 1,2 &amp; 3 were cast by William Dobson in 1820. The modern parish of East with West rudham is part of a united benefice with Helhoughton within the Burnham and Walsingham Deanery of the Diocese of Norwich

East Rudham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The village straddles the A 148 King's Lynn to Cromer road.

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.

Church records
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Norfolk Record Office reference PD 415

Parish registers Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Item 19 Baptism, marriages, burials 1562-1635 Item 20 Baptisms and burials 1729-1780 Marriages 1729-1754 Item 21 Baptisms and burials 1780-1812 Item 22 Baptisms 1813-1838 Item 23 Baptisms 1838-1866 Item 24 Baptisms 1866-1902 Item 25 Marriages and banns 1754-1797 Item 26 Marriages and banns 1797-1812 Item 27 Marriages 1813-1837 Item 28 Marriages 1837-1902 Item 29 Burials 1813-1865 FHL BRITISH Film 1596653 Items 19-29 Item 30 Burials 1865-1902 Item 31 Banns 1823-1855 Item 32 Banns 1855-1911 FHL BRITISH Film 1596653 Items 30-32 Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1812 Baptisms, burials and marriages 1725-1812 FHL BRITISH Film 1526790 Item 8

See also

England Norfolk Church of England Parish Registers and Bishops’ Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Census records
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Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
Docking Poor Law Union, Norfolk

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Web sites
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