Elizabeth Elvin

1776-1849

Elizabeth Elvin was a midwife who practised in Norfolk. Her tombstone in St Etheldreda’s Church, Norwich, says ‘during 30 years of practice as a midwife in this city brought into the world 8,529 children’.

Find out more: You can see Elizabeth’s burial record at the Norfolk Record Office – NRO, PD 4/13.

An image of NRO, PD 4/13 Parish Records of St Etheldreda, Norwich
NRO, PD 4/13
Parish Records of St Etheldreda, Norwich
Burial register 1813-1857.
Publication prohibited without the permission of the Norfolk Record Office.
An image of Elizabeth Elvin's gravestone. Photographer N. Moss 2013
Elizabeth Elvin’s gravestone. Photographer N. Moss 2013