Norwich St Giles, Norfolk Genealogy

History
Norwich St Giles is an Ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

There has been a Church on the site since before the Normans came to Norwich, but there is no trace of that building now. St Giles Church as it stands today has its origins in 1386, when a bequest was given to start the building the church. By 1424, the tower was almost finished, and by 1430 the building was complete enough for funerals to take place. The chancel is more modern and was built during the 19th century.

The church is the highest point in the city and the tower is the highest of any church in the city or county.

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

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
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England Jurisdictions 1851