Fonds PD 711 - Parish Records of North Walsham

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PD 711

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Parish Records of North Walsham

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  • 1541-2020 (Creation)

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75 boxes

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(?-)

Administrative history

Tunstead Deanery; St Benet at Waxham and Tunstead Deanery from the 1990s onwards.

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Received by the Norfolk Record Office on 27 January 2005 (ACC 2004/252) and 10 June 2021 (ACC 2021/39 numbered PD 711/443). List completed March 2017 (JW).

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Comprises parish registers, 1541-1944; registration papers, 1780-1900; records of the church and benefice, nd [c 1650]-1961; churchwardens' records, 1580-1919; records of the vestry, 1762-1863; records of the overseers of the poor, 1563-1878; records of the surveyors of the highway, 1806-1875; records of the parish constables, 1765-1839; Watch and Lamp Committee records, 1819-1875; records of charities, 1703-1936; historical notes, 1652-nd [20th century]; and miscellaneous records, nd [16th century]-1970.

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