Saxthorpe, Norfolk Genealogy
Guide to Saxthorpe, Norfolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Saxthorpe, Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | South Erpingham |
| County | Norfolk |
| Poor Law Union | Aylsham |
| Registration District | Aylsham |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1559 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1601 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Ingworth |
| Diocese | Norwich |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich |
| Location of Archive | |
| Norfolk Record Office | |
Parish History
SAXTHORPE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Aylsham, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 5 miles (N. N. E.) from Reepham. [1]
Saxthorpe St Andrew is an ancient parish in the Diocese of Norwich .
Saxthorpe has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085. In the great book Saxthorpe is recorded by the name ‘’Sastorp’’, “Saxiorp” and “Saxthorp” it is said to be in the ownership of the King and in the custardy of Godric, Count Alan and Ribralt from him. The survey also notes that there are 50 goats, 20 cattle and 4 cobs.
The Parish Church of Saint Andrew was constructed in 1482 by the lord of the manor although chancel and tower are thought to be older. The church has a 15th century screen with tracery above panels which are decorated with flowers and foliage. The beams of the north aisle roof have a boss with a grinning lion carving. The altar rail is carved with pillars and balusters and date from the 17th century. The church is a Grade I listed building.
Church Records
Saxthorpe, Norfolk Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Saxthorpe, Norfolk Genealogy Online Parish Records | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FREG | 1600-1880 | 1602-1811 | 1600-1811 | |||
| FS ATs | 1601-1812 | 1601-1812 | 1601-1812 | |||
| FS BTs | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined |
| TIN | 1813-1880 | |||||
This parish's registers do not appear at FamilySearch Historical Records as no microfilm for the parish is held.
Norfolk Record Office reference PD 429
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
Registration Districts
Registration events after 1837 may be searched online at Free BMD
- Aylsham 1837-1938
- Norwich Outer 1939-1974
- Norwich
Probate Jurisdictions
Norfolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes O through S
Maps
External Links
- Norfolk: Saxthorpe on GenUKI
- Saxthorpe
- Saxthorpe Corpusty on Seven Churches
- Saxthorpe on Norfolk
- British History online
References
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 23-26. Date accessed: 20 May 2013.
- ↑ 'Norfolk Coverage', FreeREG, accessed 27 February 2014.
- ↑ 'England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812,' FamilySearch, accessed 31 March 2014.
- ↑ 'England, Norfolk, Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941', FamilySearch, accessed 31 March 2014.
- ↑ 'Norfolk Baptism Project 1813 to 1880,' Tinstaafl Transcripts, accessed 10 April 2014.