Place:Tittleshall, Norfolk, England

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Tittleshall is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. The parish has an area of 1376 hectares or 13.82 km2 (5.34 sq mi). The parish is bordered to the north with the parishes of Raynham and Colkirk, to the west with Wellingham, to the south with the parishes of Litcham and Mileham and to the east with the parish of Whissonsett.

The village is situated approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of the town of Fakenham, 18 km (11 mi) north-east of the town of Swaffham, and 40 km (25 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich.

In the 2011 UK census had a population of 406 in 161 households.

Research Tips

• GENUKI provides a list of references for Tittleshall. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
• A map illustrating the individual parishes of Launditch Hundred may be useful.
• 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.