Alby, Norfolk Genealogy

England Norfolk  Norfolk Parishes



Parish History
Alby St Ethelbert is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich. Alby with Thwaite is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

Alby is a parish, in the union of Aylsham, and the hundred of South Erpingham, Norfolk, it is 4¾ miles N E from Aylsham. It was originally called Oslby, and is intersected by the road from Aylsham to Cromer, it includes the hamlets of Alby Common and Alby Hill.

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.

Registration Districts

 * Aylsham 1837-1938
 * Norwich Outer 1939-1974
 * Norwich

Church records
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

There are no images at FamilySearch Historical Records for this parish due to absence of microfilming for the parish. The parish register collection does not include the Archdeacon's transcripts which may be ordered on microfilm at a Family History Centre.

Original registers deposited at the Norfolk Record Office ALBY parish reference (PD 543) Original registers 1558-1983 1558-1983 1558-1981 1755-1812, 1822-1978 Microform 1558-1983 1558-1983 1558-1981 1755-1812, 1822 Archdeacon’s and Bishop’s transcripts 1600-1933 1600-1837 1600-1933.

Archdeacons transcripts some early entries in Latin

See also

England Norfolk Church of England Parish Registers and Bishops’ Transcripts (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Census records
1891 Census Surname Index courtesy of the Norfolk Transcription Archives

Land Records
1597 Subsidy Taxes courtesy of the Norfolk Transcription Archives

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.

Poor Law Unions

 * Aylsham Poor Law Union
 * Norfolk Poor Law Unions

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