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Name | Billockby |
Alt names | Bithlakebei | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 187 | | Bitlakebei | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 187 |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.652°N 1.583°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England ( - 1935) |
See also | West Flegg Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | East and West Flegg Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1935 | | Fleggburgh, Norfolk, England | civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1935 | | Great Yarmouth District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
Billockby is an ancient parish and a civil parish in eastern Norfolk, England, that was absorbed into the newly created civil parish of Fleggburgh in 1935 along with two other parishes, Burgh St. Margaret and Clippesby. In terms of both acreage and population, Billockby was quite small. The area is now part of the Great Yarmouth District.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Billockby from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "BILLOCKBY, a parish in Flegg [registration] district, Norfolk; on the river Bure, 3 miles NE of Acle, and 7 NE of Buckenham [railway] station. Post Town: Acle, under Norwich. Acres: 389. Real property: £967. Population: 46. Houses: 14. Billockby Hall is the seat of the Lucas family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich Value: £100. Patrons: the Lucas family."
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Billockby. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
- GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of the Hundreds of East and West Flegg.
- 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.
Categories: Norfolk, England | Billockby, Norfolk, England | West Flegg Hundred, Norfolk, England | East and West Flegg Rural, Norfolk, England | Fleggburgh, Norfolk, England | Great Yarmouth District, Norfolk, England
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