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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Alburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated about four miles (6 km) northeast of Harleston.
The civil parish, which includes the hamlets of Piccadilly Corner and Alburgh Street, has an area of 6.42 sq. km. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 349 in 149 households. This increased to a population of 410 at the 2011 UK census. For local government, it has a parish council, which meets monthly. It falls within the District of South Norfolk.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Alburgh from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "ALBURGH, a parish in Depwade [registration] district, Norfolk; on an affluent of the river Waveney, near the Bungay railway, 3½ miles NNE of Harleston. It has a post office under Harleston, and a fair on 21 June. Acres: 1,512. Real property: £3,699. Population: 587. Houses: 130. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £395. Patron: St. John's College, Cambridge. The church has a large Norman porch. There are a national school, and charities £240."
Research Tips
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- England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997
- England, Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcripts, 1600-1812
- England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941
- England, Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1557-1915
- England, Norfolk Non-conformist Records, 1613-1901
- Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
- Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
- Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
- Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
- FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.
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