Feltwell, Norfolk Genealogy

Norfolk

Parish History
Feltwell has two churches Feltwell St Nicholas and Feltwell St Mary.

Civil Registration
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.


 * Thetford 1837-1938
 * Downham 1939-1974

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Norfolk Record Office reference Feltwell St Mary PD 432/1-4, 9-13, 15-20

St Nicholas PD432/5-7

the two parishes form combined registers after 1812

Images of the register may be viewed online at FamilySearch historic record collections (formerly Record Search)

Feltwell Methodist Church

Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

http://www.btinternet.com/~e.c.apling/1891Census/Feltwell.htm transcript of 1891 census

Poor Law Unions
Thetford    http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Thetford/Thetford.shtml

Norfolk Poor Law Unions

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


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=2261&amp;st=feltwell Vision of Britain

http://friendsofstmarysfeltwell.co.uk/ChurchHistory/tabid/181/Default.aspx History of St Mary church

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/feltwellstn/feltwellstn.htm Norfolk Churches website.

http://www.westnorfolkmethodists.org.uk/churches/feltwell Feltwell Methodist Church