Norwich St Etheldreda, Norfolk Genealogy

Parish History
Norwich St Ethelreda is a round towered Norman church whose bell tower has an octagonal top.

Following the sixteenth century Reformation, the church declined: in 1597 the chancel was described as being "greatly ruinous". By the late nineteenth century the church was dilapidated and all but redundant.

It was thatched until the roof and extensive Victorian remodelling took place in the 1880's but suffered further decline became derelict by the late 1960's and was declared redundant. In the care of the Norwich Histroic church Trust it was adapted for use as an artist's studio space with modifications.

Church records
Norfolk Record Office reference PD4/1-6,8-10,13

Images of the parish register for this parish are available on Record Search but appear under Norwich St Etheldred and several waypoints await engineering correction.

Civil Registration Districts

 * Norwich
 * registration events post 1837 may be searched online at Free BMD

Poor Law Unions

 * Norwich     http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Norwich/Norwich.shtml
 * Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Census records
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Probate records
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes I through N

Maps and Gazetteers
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England Jurisdictions 1851 •Vision of Britain