Themelthorpe, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk  Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
THEMELTHORPE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Aylsham, hundred of Eynsford, E. division of Norfolk, 1¾ mile (E. by S.) from Foulsham.

Themelthorpe St Andrew is an Ancient parish in the diocese of Norfolk.

The church is isolated, a predominantly 13th century modification of an earlier Norman church. Themelthorpe is small settlement with the remaining railway cutting and dismantled railway bed, part of the Themelthorpe Curve which joined two railway lines together. The track closed in 1985.

Themelthorpe is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of Reepham. For the purposes of local government, it is within the district of Broadland.

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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 342

Parish registers of Themelthorpe Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich.

Norfolk Record Office no.: PD342/10.

Baptisms, 1715-1812, marriages, 1715-1753, burials, 1715-1810; marriages, 1756-1808, banns, 1756-1822; marriages, 1813-1837. FHL BRITISH Film 1596158 Items 11 - 13 Burials, 1813-1997. FHL BRITISH Film 2147114 Item 23

Archdeacons transcripts Microfilm copies of original records in the Norfolk Record Office, Central Library, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Early entries in Latin.

Baptisms 1600-1610, 1624-1633, 1666-1812 Marriages 1603-1610, 1633, 1669-1808 Burials 1603-1610, 1629-1630, 1666-1810 FHL BRITISH Film 1526782 Item 13

Poor Law Unions
Aylsham Poor Law Union

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.

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