Necton, Norfolk Genealogy
Guide to Necton, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Necton, Norfolk | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | South Greenhoe |
| County | Norfolk |
| Poor Law Union | Swaffham |
| Registration District | Swaffham |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1558 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1691 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Cranwich |
| Diocese | Norwich |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk |
| Location of Archive | |
| Norfolk Record Office | |
Parish History
NECTON, or Neighton (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Swaffham, hundred of South Greenhoe, W. division of Norfolk, 3¾ miles (E.) from Swaffham. [1] Also known as Ivy Todd and Neeton.[2]
Resources
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.
Church records
Necton parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Necton Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS BTs | 1685-1941 | 1685-1941 | 1685-1941 | |||
| FS PRs | 1510-1997 | 1510-1997 | 1510-1997 | |||
| FS ATs | 1600-1812 | 1600-1812 | 1600-1812 | |||
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| FREG | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | |||
| ANC Transcripts | 1600-1935 | 1600-1935 | 1600-1935 | |||
| ANC 1 | 1535-1812 | 1535-1812 | 1535-1812 | |||
| ANC 2 | 1813-1915 | 1754-1940 | 1813-1990 | |||
| FMP | 1538-1917 | 1538-1933 | 1534-1992 | |||
| FMP BTs | 1579-1913 | 1583-1925 | 1583-1935 | |||
| TGEN | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | |||
| JOIN | 1538-1837 | |||||
| BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
| IGI | ||||||
| FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
| FS Catalog BTs | ||||||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Records are also available at the Norfolk Record Office.
Norfolk Nonconformist Chapel Survey undertaken by the Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group
Norwich Record Office reference SO 197/14/1-10, 900X8
Date 1988-1992
Description 1 Narborough Wesleyan Methodist
2 Neatishead Baptist, including memoranda of memorial inscriptions.
3 Neatishead Primitive Methodist. Demolished. No photographs.
4 Necton Baptist
5 Necton Wesleyan Methodist
6 Newton St Faith Primitive Methodist
7 Nordelph Wesleyan Methodist
8 Northwold Wesleyan Methodist
9 Northwold Primitive Methodist
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.
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: Necton on GenUKI
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 368-372. Date accessed: 29 April 2013.
- ↑ Pat Newby, "Norfolk: Towns and Parishes", GenUKI
- ↑ Searching Parish Records online (Norfolk) - The Following Parishes are Available at TheGenealogist, ParishRegister.co.uk, accessed 23 April 2019.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk