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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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[[Image:EnglandSuffolk.jpg|left|141px|thumb|Suffolk County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
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The county has many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink.
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'''Suffolk'''
 
  
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]]'''
  
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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]
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
  
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
'''Bury St Edmunds'''<br>
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*[http://maurice.toucansurf.com/badley.html  Badley - History of the Parish]
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.bardwellvillage.info/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ Bardwell Village]
  
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*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
  
'''Debden District'''<br>
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*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The History and The People of Blaxhall.
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.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]
  
'''Sudbury'''<br>
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*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
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.bures-online.co.uk/ Bures Online]
  
'''Waveney District'''
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*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/pamela.smith2/coddenham.htm Memories of Coddenham c.1900]
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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*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
  
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*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
  
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~gumbleton/misc/chelmondiston.html Chelmondiston Census Index]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Villageofthemonth/Chelsworth.htm Chelsworth]
  
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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 Contacts'''
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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]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
  
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*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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 Contacts'''
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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
  
*Kirkley [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
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*[http://www.greatwaldingfield.co.uk/index.htm Great Waldingfield]
*Lowestoft [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
  
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~haughley/ Haughley]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HeritageCircle Hinderclay, Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall Heritage Circle]
  
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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]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.little-saxham.suffolk.gov.uk/about/index.shtml Little Saxham]
  
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice '''County Record Office''']
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*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
*[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.newmarketlhs.org.uk Newmarket Local History Society]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.onehouse.org.uk/index.html Onehouse]
  
*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family 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.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.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/StowmarketLocalHistoryGroup/ Stowmarket Local History Group]
  
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*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke Past Present & Future ]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.suffolksaints.info/saindex.htm Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
  
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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]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tiber/wickham_market_genealogy.htm Wickham Market Genealogy]
  
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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]
*[http://www.senseofplacesuffolk.co.uk/search/ Old Photographs of Suffolk] - searchable
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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]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.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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'''Bury St Edmunds'''
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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
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'''Debden District'''
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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
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'''Sudbury'''
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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
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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'''
  
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century].
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
*[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]
 
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/cemeteries/lowestoft/lowestoft_abbott_barbor.html Waveney District Council Cemetery links] Covers Beccles, Royal Naval Patrol Cemetery (Belle Vue Park), Bungay,Halesworth, Kirkley, Lowestoft, Southwold & Wrentham
 
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml 1891 Census Search] Haverhill, Ashen, Barnardiston, Birdbrook, Castle Camps, Clare, Great Abington, Great Wratting, Helions Bumpstead, Hundon, Kedington, Little Wratting, Ovington, Poslingford, Risbridge Union, Shudy Camps, Steeple Bumpstead, Stoke, Stoke by Clare, Sturmer, Withersfield, Wixoe.
 
  
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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.
  
'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
 
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sally.jenkinson/ashmuseum/ Ash Museum]
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==Photo Offers==
*[http://www.ash-vale.co.uk/local.html Ash Vale & Aldershot Site for Local and British & Canadian Military History]
 
*[http://home.clara.net/badeleia/badley.htm Badley - History of the Parish]
 
*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsurry/bisley/ Bisley History and Genealogy]
 
*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The history and the people of Blaxhall.
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/boyton_history.html Boyton History] Marriage, Baptism and Burial registers for Boyton Church.
 
*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
 
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
 
*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
 
*[http://www.oldchelsworth.org.uk/ Chelsworth]- People and Pictures
 
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
 
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
 
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk Cosford Database]
 
*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ Exning Parish Church - some gravestone inscriptions]
 
*[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]
 
*[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.great-bradley.suffolk.gov.uk/home3.html Great Bradley] Includes Census details and Gravestone Records from St Mary's Church
 
*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
 
*[http://www.wood-ditton.org.uk/newmarketlhs.htm Newmarket Local History Society]
 
*[http://normandyhistorians.guildford-surrey.co.uk/index.html#anchor94081 Normandy Historians]
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/burial_registers/ramsholt_registers/ramsholt_registers.html Ramsholt Registers]Registers of Ramsholt Church from 1800 - 2007.
 
*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
 
*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke Past Present & Future ]
 
*[http://www.suffolksaints.org.uk/ Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
 
  
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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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