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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Brockdish is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk District of Norfolk, England. It is 3.53 square miles (910 ha) in area. According to the 2001 UK census the parish had a population of 605 in 265 households, with the population increasing to 681 at the 2011 UK census. The village is situated on the River Waveney (which is the Norfolk-Suffolk border), and about 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Redenhall with Harleston.
In 1935 the size of the parish was increased when the neighbouring parish of Thorpe Abbots was abolished and absorbed into Brockdish.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Brockdish from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "BROCKDISH, a parish in Depwade [registration] district, Norfolk; on the river Waveney, 3 miles SW by W of Harleston [railway] station, and 6 E of Diss. It has a post office under Scole. Acres: 1,069. Real property: £2,394. Population: 544. Houses: 117. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £327. Patron: Mr. France. The church is ancient, and has a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £17. Blomefield, the county historian, was rector."
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.
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