Rockland All Saints, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk

Parish History
Rockland All Saints (with Rockland St Andrew) is an Ancient Parish in the Rockland Deanery of the diocese of Norwich I should not be confused with the village and parish of the same name in Rockland St Mary, Norfolk parish in the Brooke deanery of the diocese.

It neighbours Rockland St Peter, Norfolk. The ruined church of Rockland St Andrew,Norfolk is close by.

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.

Wayland 1837-1974

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Images of the parish register for this parish are available in historic records (formerly Record Search) Norfolk Record Office reference PD 335/ 1-7, 12

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/Church_Pages/rockland_all_saints.htm images of the church and transcripts for Baptisms 1813-1880 Norfolk Baptisms Project

See also http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tinstaafl/Church_Pages/rockland_wkhouse.htm

for transcript of Workhouse baptisms 1837-1866 Norfolk Baptisms Project.

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

http://apling.freeservers.com/1891Census/RocklandAllSaints.htm Rockland All Saints and St Andrew 1891 census transcript

Poor Law Unions
Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Wayland Poor Law Union

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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http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-220219-church-of-all-saints-rocklands British Listed Building see also

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-220220-church-of-st-andrew-230-metres-south-eas for ruined church of St Andrew nearby

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/rocklandallsaints/rocklandallsaints.htm Norfolk Churches website