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- source: Family History Library Catalog
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NOTE: Most sources will refer to this parish as Fritton, but it has been named Fritton by Morningthorpe here to differentiate from two other Frittons that existed in or near Norfolk. Fritton and St Olaves, a parish south of Great Yarmouth was in Suffolk until 1974, and a village within the parish of Ludham, north of Great Yarmouth, formerly in Smallburgh Rural District.
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Fritton by Morningthorpe was a separate civil parish until 1935 when it was absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Morningthorpe. The parish church was dedicated to St. Catherine.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Fritton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "FRITTON, a parish in Depwade [registration] district, Norfolk; 3½ miles E by S of Forncett [railway] station, and 6½ N of Harleston. Post town: Long Stratton. Acres: 889. Real property: £1,974. Population: 235. Houses: 52. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £257. Patron: Edward Howes, Esq. The church is good; and there are a national school and townlands £34."
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Fritton by Morningthorpe. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- 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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