Swanton Abbot, Norfolk Genealogy

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

Parish History
SWANTON-ABBOTT (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Aylsham, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 1 mile (N.) from Scottow. Swanton Abbot St Michael is an Ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich.

A fourteenth century tower and a fifteenth century church with subsequent restorations.

The modern parish is within the Worsted deanery of the diocese.

The village and civil parish lies 4 miles south of North Walsham, 15 miles south of the north Norfolk seaside town of Cromer and 13.5 miles north by road from the centre of the city of Norwich, Norfolk's administrative centre. For local government purposes the civil parish is within the North Norfolk district.

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

This parish's registers do not appear at FamilySearch Historical Records as no microfilm for the parish is held A search of the FamilySearch Catalogue identifies the following Archdeacon's transcripts (the early Archdeacons transcripts are in Latin):

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

 * Aylsham Poor Law Union
 * Norfolk Poor Law Unions

Registration Districts

 * Aylsham

Probate Jurisdictions
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes O through S

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851

Websites

 * Norfolk: Swanton Abbott on GenUKI