Place:Upton with Fishley, Norfolk, England

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Upton with Fishley is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, consisting of the former parishes of Upton and Fishley. It covers an area of 8.93 km2 (3.45 sq mi) and had a population of 660 in 272 households at the 2001 UK census, increasing to a population of 702 also in 272 households at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the District of Broadland.

According to A Vision of Britain through Time, the merger of the two ancient parishes occurred "early", but both settlements appeared in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72 as is shown below.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Fishley from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"FISHLEY, a parish in Blofield [registrarion] district, Norfolk; near the river Buire, 4 miles NNE of Buckenham [railway] station, and 11 E of Norwich. Post town, Acle, under Norwich. Acres: 476. Real property: £1,666. Population: 10. House: 1. The property is chiefly in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £141. Patron: Miss Edwards. The church is old but good."

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Upton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"UPTON, a parish, with a village, in Blofield [registration] district, Norfolk; 1¼ mile NNW of Acle, and 5 NE of Brundall [railway] station. Post town, Acle. Acres, 1,693. Real property, with Fishley, £4,489. Populaton of Upton alone: 601. Houses: 127. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Ranworth. The church is old. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and a national school."

Research tips

• GENUKI provides a list of references for Fishley and also for Upton. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
• GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of Walsham Hundred. Parishes labelled with letters should be identifiable from the Ordnance Survey Map of 1900.
• 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.