Place:Postwick, Norfolk, England

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Postwick (pronounced "possik") is some 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of the city of Norwich, on the north bank of the River Yare. (Source:Wikipedia). It is located in the Broadland District of Norfolk.

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

"POSTWICK, a village and a parish in Blofield [registration] district, Norfolk. The village stands on the Norwich and Yarmouth railway, near the river Yare, 2¾ miles W of Brundall [railway] station, and 4 E by S of Norwich; and has a post-office under Norwich. The parish comprises 1,426 acres, besides a marsh of 356 acres lying near Yarmouth. Real property: £3,699. Population: 291. Houses: 58. The manor and most of the land belong to the Earl of Rosebery. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Gross value: £561. Patron: the Earl of Rosebery. The church is ancient, with a fine tower; and was re-stored in 1866. Charities, £16."

In 1935 Postwick absorbed the neighbouring parish of Witton or Witton (near Blundall), but the area retained the name Postwick. However, at some later date (probably after the formation of the Broadland District in 1974) the name of the civil parish was changed to Postwick with Whitton. Wikipedia has an article on Postwick with Whitton which includes 2001 UK census figures.

Research Tips

• GENUKI provides a list of references for Postwick. 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:

• 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.