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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
Elsing is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated some 6 miles northeast of the town of East Dereham and 12 miles northwest of the city of Norwich. For the purposes of local government it falls within the non-metropolitan Breckland District.
The civil parish has an area of 634 hectares and in the 2001 census had a population of 229 in 105 households. (No information provided for the 2011 census.)
History of Elsing
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Elsing.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Elsing from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "ELSING, a parish in Mitford [registration] district, Norfolk; near the river Wensum, 4½ miles NNE of Yaxham [railway] station, and 4¾ NE by E of East Dereham. Post town, Lyng, under Norwich. Acres: 1,511. Real property: £2, 519. Population: 392. Houses: 91. The property is divided among a few. Elsing Hall is the seat of Mrs. Frances Brown. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £299. Patron: E.Browne, Esq. The church is ancient, has a fine canopied brass of 1347, and is good. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel. Charities, £28."
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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