King’s Lynn St John, Norfolk Genealogy

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Parish History
Kings Lynn St John the Evangelist was created in 1846 from King's Lynn St Margaret Ancient parish.

Kings Lynn, Lynn Regis, or Lynn, parl. and mun. bor., seaport, and market town, Norfolk, on river Ouse, near the confluence of the river Nare, 2 miles from the Wash, 48½ miles NW. of Norwich, and 99 miles from London, 3321 ac., pop. 18,539; 3 Banks, 7 news-papers. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. Kings Lynn was a port even before the Norman invasion. In early times it belonged to the Church, and was known as Bishops Lynn, or Lynn Episcopi, until the property passed to the Crown in the reign of Henry VIII.

Church Records
There are no images of the church records available on Record Search at present. The deposited records are held at Norfolk Record office reference PD613. This parish does not appear on Record Search as no microfilm for the parish is held and no agreement to publish has been reached.

Registration Districts

 * King's Lynn

Probate Jurisdictions
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Poor Law Unions

 * King's Lynn
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