Bowthorpe, Norfolk Genealogy

Guide to Bowthorpe, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Bowthorpe St Michael is the Ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich whose records are lost and the church was dilapidated in 1602.

BOWTHORPE (St. Michael), a parish, in the incorporation and hundred of Forehoe, E. division of Norfolk, 3½ miles (W. by N.) from Norwich.

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

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.

Non-Conformist Records

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 * 1613-1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Poor Law Unions

 * Forehoe http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/forehoe_workhouse.htm
 * Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Registration Districts

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

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851

Websites

 * Bowthorpe on GenUKI