1813 to 1880 Baptism Project Norwich St Giles |
Baptisms 1813 to 1880
The parish of St Giles lies in the western part of the
city of Norwich, along the route of the B1108 road which leads from the
city westwards to Hingham & Watton. In common with most of the city
parishes St Giles covered a very small area of the city centre, no more
than a few city blocks, and was tight to the line of the city walls. The
parish was a fairly wealthy and well-to-do part of the city with fathers
holding jobs such as solicitor or accountant as well as many "makers";
it is noticeable that the ever present labourers and weavers of city parishes
are thin in number in this parish. The parish suffered a decline in numbers
towards the end of this transcript as the wealthy moved out to the newly
spreading suburbs. |
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Two standard 1600-entry register books cover the period of the transcript, the second running onwards to finish in the early 20th century. These registers suffer badly from damage with smearing, bleed-through and some tears. They are also frequently written in rather scruffy hands. Prior to recent times the only fiche were rather elderly and rather poor to read. More recently they have been refilmed on Microfilm MFRO350 in the recent batch of modern films. This makes a good effort to be readable but there are still issues and frequent reference to the Bishops Transcripts was necessary to read all of the entries. |
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