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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. 
  
'''Suffolk'''
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The county has many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink. 
  
County town: Ipswich
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Although Suffolk is predominantly an agricultural county, it has 50 miles of coastline.
  
Other major towns: Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds
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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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'''County town:''' Ipswich
  
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'''Other major towns:''' Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds
  
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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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Suffolk| Suffolk Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement certificates]
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional projects Forum]'''
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==Resources==
  
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'''Primary Reference'''
  
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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]
  
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*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml Suffolk FHS 1891 Census Search]
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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.
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*[http://essex1841.com/index.shtml Suffolk Genealogy Links]
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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]
  
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*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRSU.html Suffolk Parish Registers]
  
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*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
  
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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*[http://maurice.toucansurf.com/badley.html  Badley - History of the Parish]
  
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*[http://www.bardwellvillage.info/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ Bardwell Village]
  
=====Bury St Edmunds=====
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*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
  
St Margarets <br>
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*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The History and The People of Blaxhall.
New Shire Hall<br>
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Bury St Edmunds<br>
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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.
Suffolk<br>
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IP33 1RX<br>
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*[http://www.burypastandpresent.org.uk/ Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society]
Tel 01284 352373<br>
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E-mail bse@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
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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]
  
=====Debden District=====
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*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/pamela.smith2/coddenham.htm Memories of Coddenham c.1900]
  
The Lindos Centre<br>
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*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
Saddlemakers Lane<br>
 
Melton<br>
 
Woodbridge<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
IP12 1PP<br>
 
Tel 01394 382921 <br>
 
E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
=====Sudbury=====
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*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
  
14 Cornard Road<br>
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~gumbleton/misc/chelmondiston.html Chelmondiston Census Index]
Sudbury<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
CO10 2XA<br>
 
Tel 01787 372904<br>
 
E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
=====Waveney District=====
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Villageofthemonth/Chelsworth.htm Chelsworth]
  
St Margaret's House<br>
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
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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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
  
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*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
  
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*[http://www.elmswell-history.org.uk/sources.html Historical Information about Elmswell]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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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]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
  
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*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.clarke/contents.html Glemsford]
  
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*[http://www.glemsford.org.uk/04lhs.html Glemsford Local History Society]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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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
  
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*[http://www.greatwaldingfield.co.uk/index.htm Great Waldingfield]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~haughley/ Haughley]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
  
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HeritageCircle Hinderclay, Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall Heritage Circle]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nigelsmithszoo/camra/campaigns/lost-ipswich-pubs.htm Lost Pubs of Ipswich ]
  
*Kirkley:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
*Lowestoft:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
  
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*[http://www.little-saxham.suffolk.gov.uk/about/index.shtml Little Saxham]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
  
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice County Record Office]
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*[http://www.newmarketlhs.org.uk Newmarket Local History Society]  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/suffolk.html Library Links]
 
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Genealogy Links Page]
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/ Genuki: Suffolk]  
 
  
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*[http://www.onehouse.org.uk/index.html Onehouse]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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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.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]
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*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/suffolk.html Local History Society]
 
*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
 
*[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/StowmarketLocalHistoryGroup/ Stowmarket Local History Group]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke Past Present & Future ]
  
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*[http://www.suffolksaints.info/saindex.htm Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.walsham-le-willows.org/ Walsham le Willows]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountySuffolk.htm#PageTitle IGI Suffolk]
 
 
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]  
 
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRSU.html Suffolk Parish Registers]
 
*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay Church Historical Records ]
 
  
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*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/cemeteries/lowestoft/lowestoft_abbott_barbor.html Waveney District Council Cemetery Links]
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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]
  
'''Family and social history'''
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*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay non-conformist Churches - Historical Records ]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/suffolk/Suffolk.htm Suffolk Workhouses]
 
*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nigelsmithszoo/camra/campaigns/lost-ipswich-pubs.htm Lost Pubs of Ipswich ]
 
*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
 
 
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
 
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Woolpit/Index.html Transcript of the Parish Register for Woolpit]
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''  
  
 
*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
 
*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
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*[http://www.senseofplacesuffolk.co.uk/search/ Old Photographs of Suffolk]
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*[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ Suffolk and Norfolk Churches]  
 
*[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ Suffolk and Norfolk Churches]  
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/12/07/church_gallery_feature.shtml Suffolk Churches gallery]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/BarkingPC/Photographs/ Old photos of Barking, Suffolk, including old school photographs]
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/12/07/church_gallery_feature.shtml Suffolk Churches Gallery]
*[http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk CAM] Some beautiful Suffolk photographs on this website.
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*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury.
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/BarkingPC/Photographs/ Old photos of Barking, Suffolk, inc. Old School Photographs]
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*[http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk Photographs]
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*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury
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*[http://www.unseenarchive.co.uk/ Photographs of Bygone Suffolk]
 
*[http://www.unseenarchive.co.uk/ Photographs of Bygone Suffolk]
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]  
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]  
  
  
  
'''Countywide interest'''
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==Register Office==
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Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement Certificates]
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*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]. emigration from East Anglia in the 19th Century.
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'''Bury St Edmunds'''
*[http://essexpub.net/Suffolk%20Genealogy%20Links.htm Suffolk Genealogy Links]
 
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk's history]
 
*[http://www.mysuffolkfamily.com/ My Suffolk Family family history website.Contains lots of surnames and useful links]
 
  
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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
  
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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'''Debden District'''
  
*[http://home.clara.net/badeleia/badley.htm Badley - History of the Parish]
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The Lindos Centre<br>
*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
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Saddlemakers Lane<br>
*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The history and the people of Blaxhall.
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Melton<br>
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/boyton_history.html Boyton History] This website contains the names which feature in the marriage, baptism and burial registers for Boyton Church - well worth a look!
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Woodbridge<br>
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
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Suffolk<br>
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/burial_registers/ramsholt_registers/ramsholt_registers.html Ramsholt Registers] This website contains the names which feature in the registers of Ramsholt Church from 1800 - 2007.
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IP12 1PP<br>
*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
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Tel 01394 382921 <br>
*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
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E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
*[http://www.oldchelsworth.org.uk/ Chelsworth]- People and Pictures
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare - Genealogy Pages (This is the Genealogy page for the above website)]
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'''Sudbury'''
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk Cosford Database]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ Exning Parish Church - some gravestone inscriptions]
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14 Cornard Road<br>
*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
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Sudbury<br>
*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
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Suffolk<br>
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
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CO10 2XA<br>
*[http://www.wood-ditton.org.uk/newmarketlhs.htm Newmarket Local History Society]
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Tel 01787 372904<br>
*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke past present & future ]
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E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
*[http://www.suffolksaints.org.uk/ Welcome to the Church of England benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
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*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
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'''Waveney District'''
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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
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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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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