East Somerton, Norfolk Genealogy
Guide to East Somerton, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| East Somerton, Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Chapelry |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | West Flegg |
| County | Norfolk |
| Poor Law Union | East and West Flegg |
| Registration District | Flegg |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: None; For records see Winterton | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: None | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Flegg |
| Diocese | Norwich |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich |
| Location of Archive | |
| Norfolk Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
SOMERTON, EAST (St. Mary), a parish, in the East and West Flegg incorporation, hundred of West Flegg, E. division of Norfolk, 9½ miles (N. by W.) from Yarmouth.[1]
East Somerton St Mary was an Ancient chapelry in the Ancient Parish of Winterton, Norfolk.
The chapelry fell into disuse after the Reformation and was the chapel to nearby Burnley Hall. The ruined remains of the nave and tower are still a reminder of the sixe of the building.
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.
- Flegg 1837-1924
- Yarmouth and Flegg 1925-1938
- Acle 1938-1974
- Norwich Outer
- Norwich
Church records[edit | edit source]
East Somerton parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| East Somerton Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS BTs | 1685-1941 | 1685-1941 | 1685-1941 | |||
| FS PRs | 1510-1997 | 1510-1997 | 1510-1997 | |||
| FS ATs | 1600-1812 | 1600-1812 | 1600-1812 | |||
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| FREG | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | |||
| ANC Transcripts | 1600-1935 | 1600-1935 | 1600-1935 | |||
| ANC 1 | 1535-1812 | 1535-1812 | 1535-1812 | |||
| ANC 2 | 1813-1915 | 1754-1940 | 1813-1990 | |||
| FMP | 1538-1917 | 1538-1933 | 1534-1992 | |||
| FMP BTs | 1579-1913 | 1583-1925 | 1583-1935 | |||
| TGEN | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | |||
| JOIN | 1538-1837 | |||||
| BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
| IGI | ||||||
| FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
| FS Catalog BTs | ||||||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Records are also available at the Norfolk Record Office.
Census records[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]
East and West Flegg http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Flegg/Flegg.shtml
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]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 133-139. Date accessed: 19 September 2013.
- ↑ Searching Parish Records online (Norfolk) - The Following Parishes are Available at TheGenealogist, ParishRegister.co.uk, accessed 23 April 2019.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
