North Lopham, Norfolk Genealogy
Guide to North Lopham, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| North Lopham, Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Guiltcross |
| County | Norfolk |
| Poor Law Union | Guiltcross |
| Registration District | Guiltcross |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1558 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1691 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Rockland |
| Diocese | Norwich |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk |
| Location of Archive | |
| Norfolk Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
LOPHAM, NORTH (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union and hundred of Guilt-Cross, W. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (S. E.) from East Harling; There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. [1]
North Lopham, originally dedicated to St Andrew but now dedicated to St Nicholas is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Norwich.
The tower was completed in 1526
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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.
- Guiltcross (1837-1902)
- Thetford 1902-1938
- Wayland 1939-1974
Church records[edit | edit source]
North Lopham, Norfolk Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| North Lopham, Norfolk Genealogy Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| BOYD | 1561-1753 | |||||
| FREG | 1725-1812 | 1561-1812 | 1725-1812 | |||
| FS ATs | 1725-1812 | 1725-1812 | 1725-1812 | |||
| FS BTs | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined |
This parish's registers do not appear on FamilySearch as no microfilm for the parish is held
A search of the FamilySearch Catalogue identifies the following Archdeacon's transcripts:
| Content |
Film |
| Baptisms and marriages 1725-1812 Burials 1725-1811 |
FHL BRITISH Film 1526818 Item 10 |
Census record[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law unions[edit | edit source]
See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records - FamilySearch Historical Records
Probate records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Norfolk: North Lopham on GenUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A.,A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 175-179. Date accessed: 29 April 2013.
- ↑ Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
- ↑ 'Norfolk Coverage', FreeREG, accessed 27 February 2014.
- ↑ 'England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812,' FamilySearch, accessed 31 March 2014.
- ↑ 'England, Norfolk, Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941', FamilySearch, accessed 31 March 2014.
