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Name | North Lynn |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.765°N 0.413°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England |
See also | Freebridge Marshland Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | Freebridge Lynn Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1935 | | King's Lynn, Norfolk, England | municipal borough into which it was absorbed in 1935 | | King's Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
North Lynn is now an urban residential area in the north or lower part of King's Lynn in the county of Norfolk, England. It was absorbed into King's Lynn Municipal Borough in 1935.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of North Lynn from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "LYNN (NORTH), a parish in [King's] Lynn [registration] district, Norfolk; on the river Ouse, opposite the lower part of [King's] Lynn. Post town: [King's] Lynn. Acres: 1,205; of which 435 are water. Population: 62. Houses: 14. The living is a rectory, annexed to the Vicarage of Lynn, in the diocese of Norwich. There is no church."
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.
Categories: Norfolk, England | North Lynn, Norfolk, England | Freebridge Marshland Hundred, Norfolk, England | Freebridge Lynn Rural, Norfolk, England | King's Lynn, Norfolk, England | King's Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
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