Thwaite (near Loddon), Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
THWAITE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Loddon and Clavering, hundred of Loddon, E. division of Norfolk, 3½ miles (N.) from Bungay. Thwaite St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Brooke deanery of the Diocese of Norwich.

It should not be confused with the parish of Thwaite (near Alby), Norfolk.

Thwaite St Mary is a rural hamlet (and civil parish) in the county of Norfolk, Thwaite – sometimes pronounced ‘twayt’ by locals is a few miles north of the Suffolk Border.

The Norman church of St Mary is an active congregation in the diocese, in a rural area of farmland serving several isolated communities and settlements.

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.


 * Loddon1837-1938
 * Norwich Outer 1939-1974
 * Norwich

Church records
Thwaite (near Loddon) parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 544/ 1-6

Census records
See census transcript of 1891 census+ Thwaite St Mary 1891

Poor Law Unions
Loddon & Clavering Poor Law Union

Loddon and Clavering Union was incorporated under the terms of 'An Act for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor in the Hundreds of Loddon and Clavering, 4 Geo. III, cap. 90, 1764. A House of Industry was built at Heckingham and this was altered and enlarged in 1836 when it was adopted as the Union workhouse. Loddon and Clavering Board of Guardians was replaced by Guardians Committee No. 13 in 1930. Acquisition Received by the Norfolk Record Office on 22 October 1984 (C/GP 12/1, 5-11 273-276), 31 October 2001 (ACC 2001/199 numbered C/GP 12/8), 26 August 1964 (C/GP 12/70), 31 October 2001 (ACC 2001/199 numbered C/GP 12/277-278), 4 June 2009 (ACC 2009/74 numbered C/GP 12/279) and on unknown dates. Copies C/GP 12/1-7, 9-13, 15, 19, 22, 25-37, 39-41, 43-49, 51-54, 56-58, 60-77, 86, 89-100, 202-209, 211, 213, 215, 217, 219, 221-223, 250, 277-279 are available on microform. RelatedMaterial For records of Guardians Committee No. 13, see C/GC 13.

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