Place:Beighton, Norfolk, England

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NameBeighton
Alt namesBegetonasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 186
Begetunasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 186
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.601°N 1.517°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoWalsham Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Blofield Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1935
Blofield and Flegg Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1935-1974
Broadland District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Beighton is a village and civil parish in the Broadland District of Norfolk, England, about two miles (3 km) southwest of Acle and about 12.8 miles (20.6 km) from Norwich. It covers an area of 7.63 km2 (2.95 sq miles) and has a population of 436 in 185 households according to the 2011 UK census. These statistics include the old neighbouring parish of Moulton St. Mary which Beighton absorbed in 1935. Both parishes are mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The parish church of All Saints is situated within Beighton, along Church Hill.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Beighton.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI provides a list of references for Beighton. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
  • GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Walsham Hundred. Parishes labelled with letters should be identifiable from the Ordnance Survey Map of 1900.
  • GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
  • 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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