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|Constable country is located on the Suffolk/Essex border and is named after John Constable the renowned artist. Another famous artist, Thomas Gainsborough, was born in Sudbury.  
  
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The county has many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink. 
  
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Although Suffolk is predominantly an agricultural county, it has 50 miles of coastline.  
[[Image:suffolk3.jpg|250px|thumb|Gorleston Beach submitted by Pippa Doll]]
 
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[[Image:EnglandSuffolk.jpg|left|141px|thumb|Suffolk County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
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The main produce of the county are cereals, sugar beet, and the famous Suffolk Punch breed of working horse.
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'''Suffolk'''
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'''County town:''' Ipswich
  
County town: Ipswich
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'''Other major towns:''' Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds
  
Other major towns: Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds
 
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Suffolk| Suffolk Places of Worship]]'''
  
Constable country is located on the Suffolk/Essex border and is named after John Constable the renowned artist. Another famous artist, Thomas Gainsborough, was born in Sudbury. 
 
  
The county has many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink. Although Suffolk is predominantly an agricultural county, it has 50 miles of coastline. The main produce of the county are cereals, sugar beet, and the famous Suffolk Punch breed of working horse.
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandSuffolk.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
  
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'''Primary Reference'''
Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement Certificates]
 
  
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*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice '''County Record Office''']
  
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*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/Libraries/ County Library Service]
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]
  
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
'''Bury St Edmunds'''<br>
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml Suffolk FHS 1891 Census Search]
St Margarets <br>
 
New Shire Hall<br>
 
Bury St Edmunds<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
IP33 1RX<br>
 
Tel 01284 352373<br>
 
E-mail bse@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
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*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]
  
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*[http://www.mysuffolkfamily.com/ My Suffolk Family] Contains lots of surnames and useful links.
  
'''Debden District'''<br>
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*[http://essex1841.com/index.shtml Suffolk Genealogy Links]
The Lindos Centre<br>
 
Saddlemakers Lane<br>
 
Melton<br>
 
Woodbridge<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
IP12 1PP<br>
 
Tel 01394 382921 <br>
 
E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
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*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Suffolk Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk History]
  
'''Sudbury'''<br>
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*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
14 Cornard Road<br>
 
Sudbury<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
CO10 2XA<br>
 
Tel 01787 372904<br>
 
E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRSU.html Suffolk Parish Registers]
  
'''Waveney District'''
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*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
St Margaret's House<br>
 
Gordon Road<br>
 
Lowestoft<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
NR32 1JQ<br>
 
Tel 01502 405096<br>
 
E-mail waveney@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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*[http://maurice.toucansurf.com/badley.html  Badley - History of the Parish]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.bardwellvillage.info/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ Bardwell Village]
  
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*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The History and The People of Blaxhall.
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/boyton_history.html Boyton History] Marriage, Baptism and Burial registers for Boyton Church.
  
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*[http://www.burypastandpresent.org.uk/ Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
  
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*[http://www.bures-online.co.uk/ Bures Online]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/pamela.smith2/coddenham.htm Memories of Coddenham c.1900]
  
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*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~gumbleton/misc/chelmondiston.html Chelmondiston Census Index]
  
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Villageofthemonth/Chelsworth.htm Chelsworth]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
  
*Kirkley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
*Lowestoft [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
  
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*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://www.elmswell-history.org.uk/sources.html Historical Information about Elmswell]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~norman.kenyon/history/frame1.html Elmswell Millenium History Group]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ The Churchyard at St. Martin's, Exning]
  
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*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
  
==Links==
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*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
  
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice '''County Record Office''']
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*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/suffolk.html Library Links]  
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.clarke/contents.html Glemsford]
  
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Genealogy Links Page]  
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*[http://www.glemsford.org.uk/04lhs.html Glemsford Local History Society]
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/ Genuki: Suffolk]  
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*[http://www.great-bradley.suffolk.gov.uk/home3.html Great Bradley] Includes Census details and Gravestone Records from St Mary's Church
  
*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]  
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*[http://www.greatwaldingfield.co.uk/index.htm Great Waldingfield]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/suffolk.html Local History Directory]  
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~haughley/ Haughley]
  
*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
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*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
  
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HeritageCircle Hinderclay, Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall Heritage Circle]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountySuffolk.htm#PageTitle IGI Suffolk]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nigelsmithszoo/camra/campaigns/lost-ipswich-pubs.htm Lost Pubs of Ipswich ]
  
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.little-saxham.suffolk.gov.uk/about/index.shtml Little Saxham]
  
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk  History]
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*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
  
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]
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*[http://www.newmarketlhs.org.uk Newmarket Local History Society]  
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nigelsmithszoo/camra/campaigns/lost-ipswich-pubs.htm Lost Pubs of Ipswich ]
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*[http://www.onehouse.org.uk/index.html Onehouse]
  
*[http://www.mysuffolkfamily.com/ My Suffolk Family] Contains lots of surnames and useful links.
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/burial_registers/ramsholt_registers/ramsholt_registers.html Ramsholt Registers from 1800 - 2007]
  
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml Suffolk FHS 1891 Census Search]
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*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
  
*[http://essexpub.net/Suffolk%20Genealogy%20Links.htm Suffolk Genealogy Links]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/StowmarketLocalHistoryGroup/ Stowmarket Local History Group]
  
*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
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*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke Past Present & Future ]  
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRSU.html Suffolk Parish Registers]
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*[http://www.suffolksaints.info/saindex.htm Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/suffolk/Suffolk.htm Suffolk Workhouses]
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*[http://www.walsham-le-willows.org/ Walsham le Willows]
 
 
*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
 
 
 
*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
 
  
 
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]  
 
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]  
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*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/cemeteries/lowestoft/lowestoft_abbott_barbor.html Waveney District Council Cemetery Links]  
 
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/cemeteries/lowestoft/lowestoft_abbott_barbor.html Waveney District Council Cemetery Links]  
  
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/WickhamMarketAreaArchiveCentre/ Wickham Market Area Archive Centre]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tiber/wickham_market_genealogy.htm Wickham Market Genealogy]
  
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay non-conformist Churches - Historical Records ]
  
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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
  
*[http://maurice.toucansurf.com/badley.html Badley - History of the Parish]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Woolpit/Index.html Transcript of the Parish Register for Woolpit]
  
*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
 
  
*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The History and The People of Blaxhall.
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/boyton_history.html Boyton History] Marriage, Baptism and Burial registers for Boyton Church.
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*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
  
*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
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*[http://www.senseofplacesuffolk.co.uk/search/ Old Photographs of Suffolk]  
  
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
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*[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ Suffolk and Norfolk Churches]  
  
*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/12/07/church_gallery_feature.shtml Suffolk Churches Gallery]
  
*[http://www.oldchelsworth.org.uk/ Old Chelsworth 1870 survey]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/BarkingPC/Photographs/ Old photos of Barking, Suffolk, inc. Old School Photographs]
  
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
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*[http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk Photographs]
  
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
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*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury
  
*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
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*[http://www.unseenarchive.co.uk/ Photographs of Bygone Suffolk]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ Exning Parish Church] some gravestone inscriptions
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]  
  
*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
 
  
*[http://www.hometownengland.com/surrey/history/Frimley.html Frimley History, Trivia and Facts]
 
  
*[http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/ukvillages.nsf/villages/England/Frimley+Green-Surrey Frimley Green Village Community Website]
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==Register Office==
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Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement Certificates]
  
*[http://www.francisfrith.com/archive/england/surrey/frimley+green/frimley+green.htm?partner=UK%20Villages Frimley Green - photos, maps and books from Francis Frith]
 
  
*[http://www.glemsford.org.uk/04lhs.html Glemsford Local History Society]
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'''Bury St Edmunds'''
  
*[http://www.great-bradley.suffolk.gov.uk/home3.html Great Bradley] Includes Census details and Gravestone Records from St Mary's Church
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St Margarets <br>
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New Shire Hall<br>
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Bury St Edmunds<br>
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Suffolk<br>
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IP33 1RX<br>
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Tel 01284 352373<br>
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E-mail bse@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
  
*[http://www.greatwaldingfield.co.uk/index.htm Great Waldingfield]
 
  
*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
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'''Debden District'''
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
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The Lindos Centre<br>
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Saddlemakers Lane<br>
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Melton<br>
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Woodbridge<br>
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Suffolk<br>
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IP12 1PP<br>
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Tel 01394 382921 <br>
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E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
  
*[http://www.wood-ditton.org.uk/newmarketlhs.htm Newmarket Local History Society]
 
  
*[http://normandyhistorians.guildford-surrey.co.uk/index.html#anchor94081 Normandy Historians]
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'''Sudbury'''
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/burial_registers/ramsholt_registers/ramsholt_registers.html Ramsholt Registers from 1800 - 2007]
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14 Cornard Road<br>
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Sudbury<br>
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Suffolk<br>
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CO10 2XA<br>
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Tel 01787 372904<br>
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E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
  
*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
 
  
*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke Past Present & Future ]
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'''Waveney District'''
  
*[http://www.suffolksaints.info/saindex.htm Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
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St Margaret's House<br>
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Gordon Road<br>
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Lowestoft<br>
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Suffolk<br>
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NR32 1JQ<br>
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Tel 01502 405096<br>
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E-mail waveney@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
  
*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay Church Historical Records ]
 
  
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.senseofplacesuffolk.co.uk/search/ Old Photographs of Suffolk]
 
  
*[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ Suffolk and Norfolk Churches]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/12/07/church_gallery_feature.shtml Suffolk Churches Gallery]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/BarkingPC/Photographs/ Old photos of Barking, Suffolk, inc. Old School Photographs]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk photographs]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury
 
  
*[http://www.unseenarchive.co.uk/ Photographs of Bygone Suffolk]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
 
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]
 
  
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==Photo Offers==
  
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
  
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:24, 16 May 2023

Constable country is located on the Suffolk/Essex border and is named after John Constable the renowned artist. Another famous artist, Thomas Gainsborough, was born in Sudbury.

The county has many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink.

Although Suffolk is predominantly an agricultural county, it has 50 miles of coastline.

The main produce of the county are cereals, sugar beet, and the famous Suffolk Punch breed of working horse.

County town: Ipswich

Other major towns: Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds


Suffolk Places of Worship


Regional projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest

  • Boyton History Marriage, Baptism and Burial registers for Boyton Church.
  • Great Bradley Includes Census details and Gravestone Records from St Mary's Church


Maps and Photographs


Register Office

Copy Certificate information Replacement Certificates


Bury St Edmunds

St Margarets
New Shire Hall
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1RX
Tel 01284 352373
E-mail bse@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk


Debden District

The Lindos Centre
Saddlemakers Lane
Melton
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 1PP
Tel 01394 382921
E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk


Sudbury

14 Cornard Road
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 2XA
Tel 01787 372904
E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk


Waveney District

St Margaret's House
Gordon Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 1JQ
Tel 01502 405096
E-mail waveney@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk


Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


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