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==== Parish History  ====


Booton Church of St Michael and All Angels is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich and an architecturally individul church. It was created on the shell of a medieval building in the 19th century by the rector Revd Whitwell Elwin over a period of 50 years. Its a gothic fantasy, with palace-like towers on the outside, and oak angels and stained glass on the inside..<br> BOOTON (St. Michael), a '''parish''', in the union of St. Faith's, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 1 mile (E. S. E.) from Reepham. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50812#s26 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 302-305. Date accessed 2 September 2013.</ref><br>
Guide to '''Booton, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.  
{{England Parish Infobox
| Place = Booton
| default =
| image = Booton Church.jpg
| caption =
| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Norfolk
| Hundred = South Erpingham
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/StFaiths/ St Faith's]
| Registration District = St Faiths
| PRbegin = 1558
| BTbegin = 1600
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Norwich
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Ingworth
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Norfolk Record Office]]
}}


==== <br>Resources<br>  ====
== Parish History ==


==== <br>Civil Registration  ====
Booton Church of St Michael and All Angels is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich and an architecturally individul church. It was created on the shell of a medieval building in the 19th century by the rector Revd Whitwell Elwin over a period of 50 years. Its a gothic fantasy, with palace-like towers on the outside, and oak angels and stained glass on the inside..<br> BOOTON (St. Michael), a '''parish''', in the union of St. Faith's, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 1 mile (E. S. E.) from Reepham. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50812#s26 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 302-305. Date accessed 2 September 2013.</ref>


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.<br>
== Resources ==
=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===


*St Faith's 1837-1938
Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
*Norwich Outer 1939-1974
{{Block indent|*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''|2}}
*Norwich
{{Block indent|*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map|2}}
{{Block indent|*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box|2}}
{{Block indent|*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>|2}}
=== Civil Registration ===


==== <br>Church records  ====
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[http://freebmd.org.uk FreeBMD]<br>
*[[Norfolk Record Office]]<br>


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<br>
===== Registration Districts =====
*'''1837-1938''' St Faith's 
*'''1939-1974''' Norwich Outer
*Norwich


This parish does not appear on Record Search as no microfilm for the parish is held<br>A search of the Family History Library Catalogue indicates that the following Archdeacon's transcripts are on film but these have not yet been converted to digital images for publication<br>
=== Church Records ===
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.


Norfolk Record Office reference<br>  
==== Church of England ====
 
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*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
'''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
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| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Booton Online Parish Records'''
|-
| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Norfolk
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CNorfolk 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CNorfolk 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CNorfolk 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Norfolk
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|1416598|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1416598|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1416598|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Bishop's Transcripts-Norfolk
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|1823613|1600s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1823613|1600s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1823613|1600s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Archdeacon's Transcripts-Norfolk
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|1824688|1600s-1800s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1824688|1600s-1800s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1824688|1600s-1800s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Norfolk ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-banns-and-marriages 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-burials 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast Bishop's Transcript-Norfolk ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-bishops-transcripts-baptisms 1700s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-bishops-transcripts-marriages 1700s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/norfolk-bishops-transcripts-burials 1700s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Early) ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61045/ 1500s-1800s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61045/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61045/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Late) ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61042 1800s-1900s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61043/ 1700s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61044/ 1800s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Transcriptions) ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61636/ 1600s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61636/ 1600s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61636/ 1600s-1900s]</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
|-
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| Content<br>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| Film<br>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1600s-1900s]</center>  
|-
|-
| Baptisms and burials 1600-1610, 1623-1634, 1665-1812 Marriages 1600-1610, 1623-1634, 1665-1811 <br>
| FHL BRITISH Film <br>1526779 Item 7<br>
|}
|}
'''''Other Websites'''''<br>
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
*[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Norfolk/ Joiner Marriage Index - Norfolk] ($)
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/norfolk-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Norfolk] ($)
*[http://doun.org/transcriptions/index.php Norfolk Transcription Archive]
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records
*[http://tinstaafl.co.uk/nbp/index.htm Tinstaafl Baptism Project 1813 to 1880]<br>
====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.<br>
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-roman-catholic-parish-marriages England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages] at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary


<br>  
=== Census Records ===
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>


==== <br>Census records  ====
=== Poor Law Unions ===


a. {{British Census|438854}}<br>  
*[[Norfolk Poor Law Unions]]<br>
*[http://workhouses.org.uk/StFaiths/ St. Faith's Workhouse]<br>


==== Poor Law Unions<br> ====
=== Probate Records ===
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Norfolk Probate Records|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.<br>


St Faith
== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norf/st_faith_workhouse.htm<br>


[[Norfolk Poor Law Unions]]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.  
 
==== <br>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.<br>


==== <br>Maps and Gazetteers  ====
*[[England Jurisdictions 1851]] * Vision of Britain
 
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


*[[England Jurisdictions 1851]]<br> * Vision of Britain
== Websites  ==


==== Web sites  ====
*[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/b/booton/ Booton] on GenUKI


{{expand section|any additional relevant sites that aren't mentioned above}} <br>


== Reference ==
== References ==


{{reflist}}  
{{reflist}} {{Norfolk}}  


[[Category:Norfolk]]
[[Category:Norfolk Parishes]]

Latest revision as of 20:31, 21 August 2025



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

Booton
Booton Church.jpg
Type Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
County Norfolk
Hundred South Erpingham
Poor Law Union St Faith's
Registration District St Faiths
Records Begin
Parish registers 1558
Bishop's Transcripts 1600
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Ingworth
Diocese Norwich
Province Canterbury
Probate Court Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich
Archive
Norfolk Record Office


Parish History

Booton Church of St Michael and All Angels is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich and an architecturally individul church. It was created on the shell of a medieval building in the 19th century by the rector Revd Whitwell Elwin over a period of 50 years. Its a gothic fantasy, with palace-like towers on the outside, and oak angels and stained glass on the inside..
BOOTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of St. Faith's, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 1 mile (E. S. E.) from Reepham. [1]

Resources

Find Neighboring Parishes

Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

*Type the name of the parish in the search bar
*Click on the location pin on the map
*Choose Options from the pop up box
*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes

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 isFreeBMD

Registration Districts
  • 1837-1938 St Faith's
  • 1939-1974 Norwich Outer
  • Norwich

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

Booton Online Parish Records
Collections
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Indexes and images
Indexes only
Indexes and images
Indexes only
Indexes and images
Indexes only
FamilySearch Collections-Norfolk
1500s-1900s
-
1500s-1900s
-
1500s-1900s
-
FamilySearch Parish Registers-Norfolk
1500s-1900s
-
1500s-1900s
-
1500s-1900s
-
FamilySearch Bishop's Transcripts-Norfolk
1600s-1900s
-
1600s-1900s
-
1600s-1900s
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FamilySearch Archdeacon's Transcripts-Norfolk
1600s-1800s
-
1600s-1800s
-
1600s-1800s
-
Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
1700s-1800s
-
1700s-1800s
-
1700s-1800s
-
FreeREG
-
1500s-1900s
-
1500s-1900s
-
1500s-1900s
Findmypast-Norfolk ($)
1500s-1900s
-
1500s-1900s
-
1500s-1900s
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Findmypast Bishop's Transcript-Norfolk ($)
1700s-1800s
-
1700s-1800s
-
1700s-1900s
-
Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Early) ($)
1500s-1800s
-
1500s-1800s
-
1500s-1800s
-
Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Late) ($)
1800s-1900s
-
1700s-1900s
-
1800s-1900s
-
Ancestry Church of England-Norfolk (Transcriptions) ($)
-
1600s-1900s
-
1600s-1900s
-
1600s-1900s
Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
-
1500s-1900s
1500s-1900s
-
1500s-1900s
1500s-1900s
-
1500s-1900s
Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
-
-
-
1500s-1800s
-
-
National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
-
-
-
-
-
1600s-1900s

Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.

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.

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.

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


References

  1. Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 302-305. Date accessed 2 September 2013.