Oxnead, Norfolk Genealogy

England   Norfolk



Parish History
Oxnead St Michael is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

The church is mostly thirteenth-century and built of flint with stone dressings. However, there are several later additions in brick, dating from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, such as the top of the tower, two porches and a stepped east gable.

Inside, there is a monument to Sir Clement Paston (1515-1597). This is a tomb-chest featuring his recumbent effigy and a kneeing figure of his wife, Lady Alice. There is also a monument to Lady Katherine Paston, wife of Sir William (1610-1663), who died in childbirth in 1637. This work is by the celebrated Jacobean sculptor Nicholas Stone. The church also includes a seventeenth century font.

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.


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

Church records
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Images of the parish register for this parish are available on Record Search.

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Aylsham      http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Aylsham/Aylsham.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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/oxnead-st-michael-all-angels/ for information about the parish

http://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk/oxnead.htm for description of the history of the parish

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78283 British History Online

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/oxnead/oxnead.htm Norfolk Churches