Place:Braydeston, Norfolk, England

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NameBraydeston
Alt namesBradestonsource: alternate spelling
Bradistonsource: alternate spelling
Bradestonesource: alternate spelling
Bradistonesource: alternate spelling
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.6193°N 1.4555°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoBlofield Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Brundall, Norfolk, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1884
Strumpshaw, Norfolk, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1884
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


Braydeston is about 7 miles east of Norwich in Norfolk, England. The name is also spelled Bradeston, Bradestone, Bradiston and Bradistone. (Source: GENUKI')

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Braydeston from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BRADESTON, a parish in Blofield [registration] district, Norfolk; on the Yarmouth railway and the river Yare, ½ a mile E of Brundall [railway] station, and 4 WSW of Acle. Post Town, Blofield, under Norwich. Acres: 516. Real property: £1,183. Population: 133. Houses: 31. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Strumpshaw, in the diocese of Norwich."

Braydeston was abolished in 1884 and split between the parishes of Brundall and Strumpshaw.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI provides a list of references for Bradeston. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
  • GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Blofield Hundred.
  • GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
  • 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.