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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
East Rudham is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 17.94 km2 (6.93 sq mi) and had a population of 525 in 240 households at the 2001 UK census, increasing to 541 at the 2011 UK census. Population figures include the almost deserted hamlet and former civil parish of Broomsthorpe. For the purposes of local government, East Rudham falls within the District of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
The village straddles the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. It once had its own East Rudham station on the line between King's Lynn and Melton Constable.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of East Rudham from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "RUDHAM (East), a village and a parish in Docking [registration] district, Norfolk. The village stands 6 1\2 miles W of Fakenham [railway] station; and has a post-office under Brandon, and fairs on 17 May and 14 Oct. The parish comprises 4,231 acres. Rated property: £3,799. Population: 956. Houses: 205. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with West Rudham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £560. Patron: Marquis Townshend. The church is good. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and a fuel allotment."
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for East Rudham. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Gallow 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.
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