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| Name | North Creake |
| Alt names | Crech | source: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 129 | | Crehic | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 188 | | Creic | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 188; Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 129 | | Creich | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 188; Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 129 | | Kreic | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 188 | | Kreich | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 188 | | Northcrec | source: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 129 |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.9076°N 0.7496°E |
| Located in | Norfolk, England |
| See also | Brothercross Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | Docking Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1974 | | King's Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
North Creake is a village and civil parish in the northwest of the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 14.99 km2 (5.79 sq mi) and had a population of 414 in 184 households at the 2001 UK census, reducing to 386 at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The parish shares boundaries with the adjacent parishes of Burnham Market, Burnham Thorpe, Holkham, Walsingham, South Creake, Barwick and Stanhoe.
The village lies on the River Burn, which flows through the centre of the village. 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of the village along the river lies the ruined Creake Abbey. The village itself has a church, a public house, and a post office. Most of the agricultural land surrounding the village, and many of the village houses, today belong to the estate of the Earl Spencer, who consequently has significant influence on village matters, although his family seat is many miles away in Althorp, Northamptonshire.
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for North Creake. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Brothercross 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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