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Name | Burgh St. Peter |
Alt names | Wheatacre-Burgh | source: Family History Library Catalog |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.484°N 1.639°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England |
See also | Clavering Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | Loddon and Clavering Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1935 | | Loddon Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district in which it was located 1935-1974 | | South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Burgh St. Peter is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 8.41 square kilometres (3.25 sq mi). According to both the 2001 and 2011 UK censuses it had a population of 274. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Beccles in Suffolk. Its area was increased in 1935 by 78 acres transferred from the neighbouring parish of Wheatacre. This was a "corner" of Norfolk until 1974 when five parishes from Suffolk facing the North Sea were transferred into the county.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Burgh-St. Peter from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 (note that most of the places in the description are actually in Suffolk):
- "BURGH-ST. PETER, or Wheatacre-Burgh, a parish in Loddon district, Norfolk; on the river Waveney and on the Lowestoft railway, near Mutford station, 6 miles ENE of Beccles. Post Town: Mutford-Bridge, under Lowestoft. Acres: 2,041. Real property: £3,486. Population: 298. Houses: 73. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £330. Patron: the Rev. W. Boycatt. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
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.
Categories: Norfolk, England | Burgh St. Peter, Norfolk, England | Clavering Hundred, Norfolk, England | Loddon and Clavering Rural, Norfolk, England | Loddon Rural, Norfolk, England | South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
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