Place:Gillingham, Norfolk, England

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NameGillingham
Alt namesGillingahamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 189
Kildinchamsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 189
Gillingham All Saints and St Marysource: ecclesiastical parish, formal name
Gillingham All Saintssource: former ecclesiastical parish
Gillingham St. Marysource: former ecclesiastical parish
Winstonsource: hamlet in parish
Wyndalesource: hamlet in parish
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates52.466°N 1.559°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoClavering Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Loddon and Clavering Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1935
Loddon Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1935-1974
South Norfolk District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
NOTE: There is a much larger place named Gillingham in Kent, now in or near Bromley and within London.


the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Gillingham is a small village located just off the A146 in the South Norfolk District, about 1 mile north of the market town of Beccles in Suffolk. It covers an area of 8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi) and had a population of 650 in 294 households at the time of the 2001 UK census, increasing to 676 at the 2011 UK census.

The full name of the parish is Gillingham All Saints and St Mary. The two ecclesiastical parishes of Gillingham All Saints and Gillingham St. Mary were joined in a union in 1748 and the church at Gillingham All Saints was taken down following the union. (Source: A Vision of Britain through Time from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72.)

The web site of Gillingham Parish Council (www.eastspace.net/gillingham) says 'The old church of St. Andrew's Wyndale stood in the corner of the field where two roads fork, one going to Hollow Way Hill and Aldeby and the other to Toft Monks and Haddiscoe. There is a pit there which is still known as Church Hole. The meadow is known as The Doles.' (from A Vision of Britain through Time)

Winston was another ancient parish that is now within the parish of Gillingham. A Vision of Britain through Time states that it existed as a parish until 1440. Winston Manor can be seen on the map in A Vision of Britain through Time.

Research Tips

  • 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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