|
|
| Name | Bircham |
| Type | Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.862°N 0.632°E |
| Located in | Norfolk, England (1935 - ) |
| See also | 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 | | Great Bircham, Norfolk, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1935 | | Bircham Newton, Norfolk, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1935 | | Bircham Tofts, Norfolk, England | civil parish which it absorbed in 1935 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on articles in Wikipedia
Bircham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It was formed in 1935 from the three neighbouring parishes of Great Bircham, Bircham Newton and Bircham Tofts. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
The parish is located about 12 miles (20 km) northeast of the town of King's Lynn and 37 miles (60 km) northwest of the city of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of 9.58 square miles (24.82 km2) and in the 2011 UK census had a population of 448 in 202 households.
In the 19th century most of the property in the three parishes belonged to the Marquess of Cholmondeley. (Source: John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 as provided by A Vision of Britain through Time)
Research Tips
- 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.
|
|
