Rushford, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk    Suffolk   Suffolk Parishes   Rushford

Parish History
Rushford St John is an ancient parish in the diocese of Norwich and includes Shadwell. Part of the parish lies an Norfolk and part in Suffolk with the main part being in Norfolk.

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.


 * Thetford 1837-1894 (part in Suffolk)
 * Thetford 1895-1935 wholly in Norfolk for administrative purposes with brettenham 1935-1938
 * Wayland 1939-1974

Church records

 * Parish Registers for Rushford, 1586-1904: First film listed in the Family History Library Catalog is 2262381
 * Parish Register of baptisms, burials &amp; marriages in Rushford Collegiate Church from its recovery,1586-1740: Film number 1702652
 * Archdeacons Transcripts, 1726-1751 can be viewed online through our Historical Collections.

Poor Law Unions
For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: www.workhouses.org.uk and http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Thetford/Thetford.shtml

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

Web sites
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