Flitcham with Appleton, Norfolk Genealogy
Guide to Flitcham, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. {{Infobox England Jurisdictions
| Flitcham with Appleton, Norfolk | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Freebridge-Lynn |
| County | Norfolk |
| Poor Law Union | Freebridge Lynn |
| Registration District | Freebridge Lynn |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1755 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1600 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Lynn |
| Diocese | Norwich |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich |
| Location of Archive | |
| Norfolk Record Office | |
Parish History
FLITCHAM (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Freebridge-Lynn, W. division of Norfolk, 9 miles (N. E.) from Lynn. [1]
St Mary is an Ancient parish in the diocese of Norwich.
The church in common with others in the Sandringham Estate area benefited from the renovation funded by the patronage of the Royal Family.
Flitcham has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085 where its , its population, land ownership and productive resources were extensively detailed In the survey Flitcham is recorded by the name of Flicham, Phlicham and Plic(e)ham. The main tenants being the Bishop of Bayeux, William de Warenne and Robert and Ranulf Fitz Walter from Roger Bigot. The survey also list that there are 4 mills, a church, 3 acres of meadow, paunage for 27 swine, 3 cows, 1 beast for carriage and 180 sheep. In the Domesday Book the size of woodland was normally given as the number of swine a wood could support in this case 27 pigs.
The name Flitcham (Felix ham) may be associated with Felix of Burgundy http://www.localancestors.com/FamousPeople/Cambridgeshire/FelixofBurgundy.html and a mission to the area. Flitcham with Appleton or Flitcham cum Appleton is an Eclesiastical parish created in the early 1700's from Flitcham Ancient Parish and Appleton Ancient parish.
The ruins of Appleton St Mary are within the parish.
Resources
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Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
- 1837-1938 Freebridge Lynn
- 1939-1974 King's Lynn
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Flitcham with Appleton Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Norfolk | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Norfolk | ||||||
| FamilySearch Bishop's Transcripts-Norfolk | ||||||
| FamilySearch Archdeacon's Transcripts-Norfolk | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Norfolk ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Bishop's Transcript-Norfolk ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Early) ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Late) ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Transcriptions) ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Norfolk ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Norfolk ($)
- Norfolk Transcription Archive
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images; coverage may vary
- 1613-1901 England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
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
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Websites
- Flitcham cum Appleton on GenUKI
- Flitcham cum Appleton parish
- Flitchem
- for photographs of the church
- for photos of the ruins of St Mary Appleton
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A.,A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 244-248. Date accessed: 19 September 2013.