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- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Yaxham is a village and civil parish in the centre of the English county of Norfolk. The parish includes the village of Yaxham, together with the neighbouring community of Clint Green. Together, they are located some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Dereham and 20 miles (32 km) west of Norwich.
The civil parish has an area of 6.64 km2 (2.56 sq mi) and in the 2001 UK census had a population of 677 in 290 households, the population increasing to 722 in 340 households at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the District of Breckland.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Yaxham from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:
- "YAXHAM, a parish, with a village, in Mitford registration] district, Norfolk; on the Wymondham and Dereham railway, 2 miles SSE of East Dereham. It has a post-office under Thetford, and a [railway] station. Acres: 1,596. Real property: £3,868. Population: 479. Houses: 80. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £500. Patron: the Rev. W. Johnson. The church is good; and there are a national school, and charities £4 and 20 acres of fuel allotment.
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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