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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
Beetley is a village and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. According to the 2011 UK census the parish had a population of 1,396. The village is situated four miles (6 km) north of Dereham and immediately east of the parish of Beeston with Bittering. In 1935 Beetley was combined together with its neighbouring parish to the northwest, East Bilney.
History
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia in 2018, the local parish website, and map examination
At the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, Beetley was part of the Manor of Elmham, held by William Beaufoe, Bishop of Thetford, with the name deriving from the two Anglo Saxon words "betel" and "bietel", both words applying to a clearing where wooden mallets are made. Beetley was then part of the Parish of Bittering Magna (Great Bittering), however the Parish divided into Beetley to the north and Gressenhall to the south with the manor of Great Bittering remaining in Beetley. (This appears to have happened with a local Enclosure Act of 1774.)
Beetley includes the ancient parish of Great Bittering (redirected here), while the ancient parish of Little Bittering merged with Beeston to make Beeston with Bittering.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Beetley from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "BEETLEY, a parish in Mitford [registration] district, Norfolk; 2 miles WSW of Elmham [railway] station, and 4 N by W of East Dereham. Post Town, Elmham, under Thetford. Acres: 1,770. Real property: £2,870. Population: 363. Houses: 82. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of East Bilney, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is good."
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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