Norwich St Giles, Norfolk Genealogy

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

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. Norwich, parl. and mun. bor., city, co. town of Norfolk, and co. in itself, on river Wensum, 20 miles W. of Yarmouth and 114 NE. of London by rail, 7472 ac.

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

Images of the parish register are available on FamilySearch

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)

Civil Registration Districts

 * Norwich
 * registration events post 1837 may be searched online at Free BMD

Poor Law Unions
Norwich Poor Law Union

See also England Norfolk Poor Law Union Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Probate Records
Maps and Gazetteers Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

England Jurisdictions 1851

Websites
http://www.georgeplunkett.co.uk for historic photographs of the church

Norwich Historic Churches Trust http://www.norwich-churches.org/index.asp

http://www.stgiles.churchnorfolk.com/ the church website