Aylmerton, Norfolk
Historical Description
Aylmerton, a parish in Norfolk, near the coast, 3 miles WSW of Cromer, which is the nearest railway station. Post town, Norwich via Roughton; money order office, Gresham; telegraph office, Cromer. Acreage, 1697; population of the civil parish, 298; of the ecclesiastical, 899. Beacon Hill commands a fine prospect. The living is a rectory, united with that of Runton, in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £382 with residence. The church is Later English, and was restored in 1865 and 1876.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Norfolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Aylmerton St. John the Baptist | |
Hundred | North Erpingham | |
Poor Law union | Erpingham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
We have transcribed the Marriages at Aylmerton St. John the Baptist, 1754-1836.
The parish register dates from the year 1696.
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.
Findmypast, in conjunction with Norfolk Record Office have the following parish records online for Aylmerton:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1696-1903 | 1696-1903 | 1697-1924 | 1696-1900 |
Churches
Church of England
St. John the Baptist (parish church)
The church of St. John the Baptist is a building of flint in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled round tower of the 13th century containing one bell: the tower was restored and the bell re-hung in 1912: the old oak rood-screen and a chancel rail with poppy heads remain, as well as sedilia and a piscina: the building was partly restored in 1865, and fully restored by the rector in 1876: there are three memorial windows: over the porch is a parvise, still in excellent preservation, and on the north side are the ruins of a chantry chapel: the altar table of carved oak is a memorial to Miss Gertrude Ketton: the church affords 150 sittings.
Methodist
Free Methodist Chapel
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Aylmerton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Aylmerton (St. John the Baptist))
Maps
Online maps of Aylmerton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:
- Norwich Mercury
- Norfolk Chronicle
- Diss Express
- Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal
- Norfolk News
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.