Fritton St Catherine, Norfolk Genealogy

Norfolk

Parish History
Fritton St Catherine is an Ancient Parish in the Depwade deanery of the Diocese of Norwich.

Fritton is now part of Morningthorpe civil parish and lies close to Morningthorpe, Norfolk parish.

It should not be confused with the other Fritton parish in the Diocese Fritton, Suffolk

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.


 * Depwade 1837-1935
 * Part of Morningthorpe in Depwade 1935-1974
 * The Register Office, Council Offices, Market Hill, Diss, IP22 3JX. Tel: 01379 643915. E-mail: [mailto:registration.diss@norfolk.gov.uk registration.diss@norfolk.gov.uk]

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

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 71/ 1-7

http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=227&amp;district_id=4&amp;document_type=150 Baptism transcripts

http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=227&amp;district_id=4&amp;document_type=250 Marriage transcripts

http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=227&amp;district_id=4&amp;document_type=300 Burials transcripts from parish registers Norfolk Transcription Archive

http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=227&amp;district_id=4&amp;document_type=160 Bishop's Transcripts Norfolk Transcription archive

The images displayed under the way point Fritton include a marriage book 1838-1901 53 images which are for Fritton, Suffolk and have been loaded with other record images for this parish.

Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

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

http://www.btinternet.com/~e.c.apling/1891Census/Fritton.htm transcript of 1891 census

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?Depwade/Depwade.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
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/fritton-st-catherine/ for information about the parish.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50973 British History online

http://www.paintedchurch.org/frittong.htm st George and the Dragon wall painting

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