Place:Bexwell, Norfolk, England

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Bexwell from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BEXWELL, a parish in Downham [registration] district, Norfolk; 1 mile E of Downham-Market [railway] station. Post Town: Downham. Acres: 1,177. Real property: £2,075. Population: 94. Houses: 16. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £375. Patron: the Bishop of Norwich. The church is good."

In 1935 Bexwell civil parish was abolished and absorbed by the neighbouring parish of Ryston. A third parish, Ryston with Roxham was also absorbed by Ryston at the same time. The area is now all part of the King's Lynn and West Norfolk District of Norfolk, England.

Research Tips

• GENUKI provides a list of references for Bexwell. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
• GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Clackclose Hundred.
• GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:

• 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.