Gayton, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk   Norfolk Parishes

Parish History
GAYTON (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union and hundred of Freebridge-Lynn, W. division of Norfolk, 7 miles (E.) from Lynn.

Gayton St Nicholas is an Ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

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.


 * Freebridge Lynn 1837-1938
 * King's Lynn 1939-1974

Church records
 parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Norfolk Record Office reference PD 117/ 1-9, 25-26

This parish's registers do not appear on FamilySearch as no microfilm for the parish is held A search of the Family History Library Catalogue identifies the following Archdeacon's transcripts:

Freebridge Lynn Union Workhouse registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Non-Conformist churches
Non-Church of England denominations identified in Gayton include: Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.

Gayton Methodist chapel was founded in 1812.

Norfolk Record Office reference SO 197/8/1-29, 900X6 Norfolk Non Conformist Chapel survey

Poor Law Unions
Freebridge Lynn     http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?FreebridgeLynn/FreebridgeLynn.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

 * Norfolk: Gayton on GenUKI
 * Parish Info
 * Information Article about the Church
 * Church of St Nicholas Gayton on listed buildings
 * Gayton on Norfolk Churches (church images)