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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Coslany from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "COSLANY, a [registration] sub-district, containing the parishes of St. Clement, St. Augustine, St. Martin-at-Oak, St. Mary-at-Coslany, St. Michael-at-Coslany, St. George-Colegate, and part of the parish of Hellesdon, in the [registration] district and city of Norwich. Population: 13,260. Houses: 3,144."
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
St. Michael (St Miles) Coslany, Norwich is a Grade I listed redundant parish church in the Church of England in Norwich. The building is located on Coslany Street, between Oak Street and Colegate.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article St Michael Coslany, Norwich.
Research Tips
- Wikipedia has a "Category:Church of England church buildings in Norwich" leading to descriptions of many of the old churches of the City of Norwich, such as the one above.
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Norwich. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of County of the City of Norwich (Coslany is not marked, but Hellesdon is).
- 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.
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