Hackford with Whitwell, Norfolk Genealogy
Guide to Hackford with Whitwell, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. {{Infobox England Jurisdictions
| Hackford with Whitwell, Norfolk | |
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| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Eynsford |
| County | Norfolk |
| Poor Law Union | Aylsham |
| Registration District | Aylsham |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1559 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1600 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Sparham |
| Diocese | Norwich |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich |
| Location of Archive | |
| Norfolk Record Office | |
Parish History
HACKFORD (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Aylsham, hundred of Eynsford, E. division of Norfolk; comprising the principal part of the town of Reepham. The living is a discharged rectory, with the vicarage of Whitwell united. [1]
Hackford with Whitwell St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Sparham deanery of the diocese of Norwich.
Other places in the parish include: Whitwell.It should not be confised with Hackford, Norfolk All Saints in the Forehoe deanery.
The mediaeval church was restored in the 1880's by Diocesan architect Hubert Green.
The parish is sometimes referred to as Hackford cum Whitwell or Hackford juxta Reepham (Hackford near Reepham)
Entrres in the Family History catalogue are for Hackford-by-Reepham; the Norfolk Record Office deposited records are catalogued as Parish Records of Hackford with Whitwell.
Resources
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- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Cemeteries
- 1700-1977 Monumental Inscriptions for Three Churchyards at Reepham, Whitwell and Hackford(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
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.
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
Chapelry is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.
Online Parish Records Table
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
| Hackford with Whitwell Parish Records | ||||||
| All Chapelries Found in PARISH Hackford with Whitwell are included in these links. | ||||||
| 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
- Tinstaafl Baptism Project 1813 to 1880
Nonconformist Records
- 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
- Norfolk: Hackford (near Reepham) on GenUKI
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 362-366. Date accessed: 25 March 2013.