Swanton Novers was formerly under the jurisdiction of the Archdeaconry of Norwich prior to 1894, but is now in the jurisdiction of the Archdeaconry of Lynn.

• Swanton Novers ATs - Family History Library Catalogue - (LDS)
  
• Swanton Novers ATs - Norfolk Record Office

• Mr. Charles ATKINSON
  
• Mr. E.E. LEEDER; see Photo
• Mr. William MUSSETT
• Mrs. Lilian NEALE, J.P.
• Misses Sarah and Alice Blanche SMALLS
• Rev. George Wilkinson ROLFE

• List of surnames from the Diary of George Edward DUCKER - 1895 to 1915
• List of surnames from the Diary of William DUCKER - 1895 to 1933
  
• Search General Record Office BMD Indexes 1837 - 2001 online
• Civil Registration - Also see heading below
• FreeBMD
• National Burial Index
• Registrar's Returns of Births 1876 - contact the Norfolk Record Office re ref. C/GP 19/137
  See also: Boyd's Marriage Index and Phillimore's Marriage Registers below
• Parish Registers - See heading below
• FreeREG

Swanton Novers is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Norwich
• Swanton Novers BTs - Family History Library Catalogue (LDS)
  
• Swanton Novers BTs - Norfolk Record Office

The records of only those Norfolk parishes that were transcribed are online.
Unfortunately, Swanton Novers was not among them.

• FreeCEN
• Ecclesiastical Census 1851
• Swanton Novers Census Returns 1841 to 1891 - Family History Library Catalogue (LDS)
• Swanton Novers Census Surname Index 1891
• Census Search 1841 to 1901 Online
  
• The maiden names of some married women and widows in the censuses of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901
  
• Population statistics from censuses, directories and parish registers - 1811 to 2001
  
• A list of adults in the parish [Swanton Novers] 1883: Norfolk Record Office reference PD/636/16

• Photos
• Gravestones St. Edmund's churchyard
• Norfolk Gravestone Photographic Resource Project Index
• History of St. Edmund
  
• Church Administration
• Archdeaconry of Lynn (the parish of Swanton Novers was formerly within the jurisdiction of the Archdeaconry of Norwich prior to 1894)
• Diocese of Norwich
  
• Memorials:
  • George Edward DUCKER, Jr.
    
  • Rev. George Wilkinson ROLFE and son, Philip ROLFE
  • Mr. John Dew
  • War Memorial - with audio
• Monumental Inscriptions: Swanton Novers Church and Churchyard see "The monumental inscriptions in the hundred of Holt, in the county of Norfolk", collected by Walton N. Dew, edited and indexed by Walter Rye, Norwich, printed by A.H. Goose, 1885
  
• Rectors and Curates 1327 A.D. to present. Also see: List of Incumbents from Kelly's Directory 1900
  
• Apportionment of the Rent-Charge in Lieu of Tithes 1838: A List of Landowners and Occupiers.
  Original documents and accompanying map available through the Norfolk Record Office
  
• Norfolk Churches web site
  

• General Register Office (GRO)
  
• General Record Office BMD Indexes 1837 - 2001 online
• Swanton Novers was originally in Walsingham Registration District;
  Map of Walsingham Registration District 1836; records are now held at Fakenham RD
  
• Other Norfolk Register Offices 1836
• Other English and Welsh Register Offices
• See also: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials above

BACK TO TOP

• Swanton Novers Manor Court Rolls - Family History Library Catalogue (LDS)
  
• Petty Sessions - Swanton Novers, Holt Petty Sessional District 1883
  
• County Courts
  
• Church of England Courts
  • Archdeaconry Court of Norwich
  • Archdeaconry Court of Norfolk
  • Episcopal Consistory Court of Norwich
  • Episcopal Consistory Court of Ely
  • Peculiar Court of the Dean and Chapter of Norfolk
  • Prerogative Court of Canterbury. See the Public Record Office "Documents Online" website for copies of PCC wills.
  • Prerogative Court of York

• 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk - Swanton Novers
  
• 1854: Francis White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk - Swanton Novers
  
• 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk - Swanton Novers

• Emigrants To America
  
• To South Africa
• General Information
  • Emigrants and Transportation of convicts to America
  • Transportation of convicts to Australia

• Enclosing the land
  
• Enclosure Awards records/maps
  
• What were Enclosures?
• Enclosure Act Protests/Swing Riots - result of Enclosure Acts - touched close to Swanton Novers at Melton Constable. Although the linked website refers to Dorset, it describes the general cause of the riots and the effects of the Acts throughout England.

• Latin

• 1664
• 1666

• Domesday Book
  
• The Flood
  There is an ominous entry in my great grandfather's diary for August 26th, 1912. In large letters it simply reads "THE FLOOD". Rob, the Mundesley Hermit, gives a brief summary on his site of how devastating this flood was.

• Swanton Novers - Hundred of Holt
  
• Other parishes within the Hundred of Holt

• Norfolk County Council E-Map explorer
  
• David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Brunel House, Newton Abbot, Devon - publish reprints
  of "the first edition of the one-inch Ordnance Survey of England and Wales".
  
• Multi-Map Modern aerial view of Swanton Novers. Use overlay view to see some street names.
  
• 1890, 1866, 1907 maps
  
• Tithe Commissioners' Maps - About
• Counties Pre-1974
• Ordnance Survey
  
• Streetmap
• Roman era Norfolk

BACK TO TOP

Closed 1973, see Norfolk Record Office ref FC 118/11-12

• Methodist Research Sources

• Royal Norfolk Regiment
  
• Military History
  
• Military Records
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Scroll down to August 1919 on "Mystery" link page or enter "Swanton Novers"
in "Find" function of your browser

• The Village Labourer

• FreeREG
  
• Swanton Novers PRs - Family History Library Catalogue (LDS)
  
• Swanton Novers PRs - Norfolk Record Office
  
• Swanton Novers PRs (Transcriptions) - Norfolk Family History Society
• Parish Locator Program - free downloadable software - "enables you to locate any one of over 15,000 UK parishes"
• Contiguous Parishes
• National Index of Parish Registers - Society of Genealogists

Lists parishes covered by Phillimore's indexes. Unfortunately, Swanton Novers isn't one of them.

• Poll Books - Swanton Novers 1768, 1806, 1817
  See also:Voting Registers

• Swanton Novers - Walsingham Union
• Guardians' Minute Books - Walsingham Union
• Workhouse at Great Snoring - Walsingham Union
• Poor Law Unions pre 1834 - Brinton Union Workhouse at Melton Constable continued functioning until 1869
  See also: Settlement Certificates

• Photos
• Post Code for Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, Norfolk NR24
  
• Victorian Letter Box at Swanton Novers

• Probate 1800 - 1857 Norfolk Sources - Search online
• Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC); National Archives (Public Record Office) Documents Online website for copies of PCC wills.
• Norfolk Wills - Transcripts
  See also: "Courts" above

• Huntsman (and Hounds) - Photo
• (Blue) Bell Inn - Photo
  
• Norfolk Pubs Index

BACK TO TOP

Closed 1934; See Norfolk Record Office reference BR 184/951 and
National Archives [Public Record Office] reference ED 21/36503

• History
• Class photo circa 1910
• Class photo circa 1900s
• Exterior Photos:
  • circa 1940s
  • circa 1980s - as Village Hall
  • 1997 - as Village Hall
• Interior circa 1950s - as Village Hall
• Schoolmistresses/schoolmasters:
  • Sarah SMALLS

• Pre-1689

• Memorials - See "Church" above
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  
• Imperial War Museum
  
• Pill Box at Swanton Novers

Brinton Union Workhouse at Melton Constable until 1869, Walsingham Union Workhouse at Great Snoring after 1869
See also: "Poor Law" above

HOME

TO TOP