Flitcham with Appleton, Norfolk Genealogy
Parish History
Flitcham 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
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.
- Freebridge Lynn 1837-1938
- King's Lynn 1939-1974
Church records
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
Norfolk Record Office reference PD 556/ 1-11
This parish does not appear on Record Search as no microfilm for the parish is held
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
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| Baptisms 1600-1611, 1623-1636, 1668-1811 Marriages and burials 1600-1611, 1623-1636, 1668-1812 |
FHL BRITISH Film 1526742 Item 13 |
Census records
Poor Law Unions
Freebridge Lynn http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?FreebridgeLynn/FreebridgeLynn.shtml
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.
Web sites
http://www.norwich.anglican.org/church?church=Flitcham Flitcham cum Appleton parish
http://www.flitcham.churchnorfolk.com/
http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/flitcham/flitcham.htm for photographs of the church
http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/appleton/appleton.htm for photos of the ruins of St Mary Appleton