Bunwell, Norfolk Genealogy

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

Parish History
BUNWELL (St. Michael), a parish, in the union and hundred of Depwade, E. division of Norfolk, 3 miles (N. E. by E.) from New Buckenbam. There is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists.

Bunwell St Michael and All Angels is an Ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich. The church is large with Perpendicular windows in the wide walls. These contain what are among the widest naves and chancels in Norfolk, and a five light east window of about 1450. The burial ground around the church is also large.

Census
Bunwell is one of the few places where a census record before 1841 survives. Here is a link to the 1777 Census Transcription provided through Genuki.co.uk.

1891 Census Surname Indexcourstesy of Pat Greetham and Norfolk Transcription Archives

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

Norfolk Record Office reference Parish Records PD 712 /1-12

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
Depwade Poor Law Union


 * Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Registration Districts

 * Depwade

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851

Websites

 * Bunwell on GenUKI