1813 to 1880 Baptism Project Blofield St Andrew & St Peter |
Baptisms 1813 to 1880
The parish of Blofield lies in eastern Norfolk about 7
miles east of the city of Norwich and astride the busy A47 road which
crosses the county from west to east. Blofield has grown from a large
village into a major suburb of the city almost merging with Brundall in
the process. The village centre lies along the former route of the A47,
the modern dual-carriageway thankfully bypasses to the north, a rather
grand High Street for the village. In the period of this transcript Blofield
would have largely depended on arable agriculture and the ancillary trades
associated with that, a glance through the occupations also reveals a
healthy population of trades especially blacksmiths, carpenters, shoemakers
and wheelwrights as well as the publican to quench their thirsts. Nowadays
the day time village is often quiet with many working a few miles away
in Norwich. |
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Two standard register books cover the period of this transcript. The first of 800 entries and the second is a 1600 entry book which was completed in 1890. Both registers are filmed on Microfiche 5 to 9 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office. Regrettably these fiche suffer from the poor quality that most that media offer, they have poor contrast, are often faint and ill-focussed. However on the fee web site Familysearch the digitised images are available to view and these were used to prepare this transcript. Hopefully as a result an accurate transcript has been made and that few errors will have crept in. |
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