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Name | Filby |
Alt names | Filebey | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 189 | | Philebey | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 189 | | Phileby | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 189 |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.652°N 1.643°E |
Located in | Norfolk, England |
See also | East Flegg Hundred, Norfolk, England | hundred in which it was located | | East and West Flegg Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1894-1935 | | Blofield and Flegg Rural, Norfolk, England | rural district 1935-1974 | | Great Yarmouth District, Norfolk, England | district municipality covering :the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Filby is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 5.80 km2 (2.24 sq mi) and had a population of 740 in 308 households at the 2001 UK census, the population increasing to 765 at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.
It derives its name from the Viking, File the Dane, who settled in the area around AD 800. The village is situated on the shores of Filby Broad and Ormesby Little Broad, some 9 km (6 mi) northwest of the town of Great Yarmouth and 25 km (16 mi) east of the city of Norwich.
Filby Heath is located south of the A1064 road to the east of Filby. It is a cluster of cottages and historical buildings.
Research Tips
- GENUKI provides a list of references for Filby. 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 | Filby, Norfolk, England | East Flegg Hundred, Norfolk, England | East and West Flegg Rural, Norfolk, England | Blofield and Flegg Rural, Norfolk, England | Great Yarmouth District, Norfolk, England
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