Difference between revisions of "Suffolk"

From the Family Tree Forum Reference Library
 
(107 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
<div align="right">
+
[[Category:Region 5 ~ Eastern England]]
[[Image:suffolk.jpg|250px|thumb|Cavendish, Suffolk submitted by Horatia Nelson]]
+
{| width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"  
</div>
+
|-valign="top"
__TOC__
+
|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'''
+
The county has many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink. 
  
County town: Ipswich
+
Although Suffolk is predominantly an agricultural county, it has 50 miles of coastline.
  
Other major towns: Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds
+
The main produce of the county are cereals, sugar beet, and the famous Suffolk Punch breed of working horse.
 +
| style="width:250px" align="right"| __TOC__
 +
|-valign="top"
 +
|
 +
'''County town:''' Ipswich
  
 +
'''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.
+
'''[[Places_of_Worship:Suffolk| Suffolk Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement certificates]
+
'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional projects Forum]'''
 +
| [[Image: EnglandSuffolk.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
 +
|}
 +
==Resources==
  
 +
'''Primary Reference'''
  
 +
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice '''County Record Office''']
  
 +
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/Libraries/ County Library Service]
  
 +
*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]
 +
 +
 +
'''Countywide Interest'''
  
 +
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/index.shtml Suffolk FHS 1891 Census Search]
  
 +
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]
  
 +
*[http://www.mysuffolkfamily.com/ My Suffolk Family] Contains lots of surnames and useful links.
  
 +
*[http://essex1841.com/index.shtml Suffolk Genealogy Links]
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
+
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Suffolk Genealogy]
  
 +
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk History]
  
 +
*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
  
=====Bury St Edmunds=====
+
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRSU.html Suffolk Parish Registers]
 +
 
 +
*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
  
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
 
  
=====Debden District=====
+
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
The Lindos Centre<br>
+
*[http://maurice.toucansurf.com/badley.html  Badley - History of the Parish]
Saddlemakers Lane<br>
 
Melton<br>
 
Woodbridge<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
IP12 1PP<br>
 
Tel 01394 382921 <br>
 
E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
=====Sudbury=====
+
*[http://www.bardwellvillage.info/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ Bardwell Village]
  
14 Cornard Road<br>
+
*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
Sudbury<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
CO10 2XA<br>
 
Tel 01787 372904<br>
 
E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
=====Waveney District=====
+
*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The History and The People of Blaxhall.
  
St Margaret's House<br>
+
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/boyton_history.html Boyton History] Marriage, Baptism and Burial registers for Boyton Church.
Gordon Road<br>
 
Lowestoft<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
NR32 1JQ<br>
 
Tel 01502 405096<br>
 
E-mail waveney@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
 +
*[http://www.burypastandpresent.org.uk/ Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society]
  
 +
*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
  
 +
*[http://www.bures-online.co.uk/ Bures Online]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+
*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/pamela.smith2/coddenham.htm Memories of Coddenham c.1900]
  
 +
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+
*[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.
+
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~gumbleton/misc/chelmondiston.html Chelmondiston Census Index]
  
 +
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Villageofthemonth/Chelsworth.htm Chelsworth]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
  
 +
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+
*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+
*[http://www.elmswell-history.org.uk/sources.html Historical Information about Elmswell]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~norman.kenyon/history/frame1.html Elmswell Millenium History Group]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ The Churchyard at St. Martin's, Exning]
  
*Kirkley:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
+
*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
*Lowestoft:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
  
==Links==
+
*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
  
 +
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
  
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice County Record Office]  
+
*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.clarke/contents.html Glemsford]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/suffolk.html Library Links]  
+
*[http://www.glemsford.org.uk/04lhs.html Glemsford Local History Society]
  
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Genealogy Links Page]  
+
*[http://www.great-bradley.suffolk.gov.uk/home3.html Great Bradley] Includes Census details and Gravestone Records from St Mary's Church
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/ Genuki: Suffolk]  
+
*[http://www.greatwaldingfield.co.uk/index.htm Great Waldingfield]
  
 +
*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~haughley/ Haughley]
  
'''Local History Society'''
+
*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
  
*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]  
+
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HeritageCircle Hinderclay, Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall Heritage Circle]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/suffolk.html Local History Society]  
+
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nigelsmithszoo/camra/campaigns/lost-ipswich-pubs.htm Lost Pubs of Ipswich ]
  
*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
+
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
  
*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
+
*[http://www.little-saxham.suffolk.gov.uk/about/index.shtml Little Saxham]
  
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society]Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
+
*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
  
 +
*[http://www.newmarketlhs.org.uk Newmarket Local History Society]
  
'''OPC'''
+
*[http://www.onehouse.org.uk/index.html Onehouse]
  
 +
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~fred.stentiford/boyton/boyton_history/burial_registers/ramsholt_registers/ramsholt_registers.html Ramsholt Registers from 1800 - 2007]
  
'''Archives'''
+
*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountySuffolk.htm#PageTitle IGI Suffolk]
+
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/StowmarketLocalHistoryGroup/ Stowmarket Local History Group]
  
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]  
+
*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke Past Present & Future ]  
  
*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay Church Historical Records ]
+
*[http://www.suffolksaints.info/saindex.htm Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
  
 +
*[http://www.walsham-le-willows.org/ Walsham le Willows]
  
'''Family and social history'''
+
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/suffolk/Suffolk.htm Suffolk Workhouses]  
+
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/cemeteries/lowestoft/lowestoft_abbott_barbor.html Waveney District Council Cemetery Links]  
  
*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
+
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/WickhamMarketAreaArchiveCentre/ Wickham Market Area Archive Centre]
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nigelsmithszoo/camra/campaigns/lost-ipswich-pubs.htm Lost Pubs of Ipswich ]
+
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tiber/wickham_market_genealogy.htm Wickham Market Genealogy]
  
*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
+
*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay non-conformist Churches - Historical Records ]
  
 
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
 
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
  
 +
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Woolpit/Index.html Transcript of the Parish Register for Woolpit]
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''  
+
 
 +
'''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]
  
 
*[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]
+
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/12/07/church_gallery_feature.shtml Suffolk Churches Gallery]
  
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/BarkingPC/Photographs/ Old photos of Barking, Suffolk, including old school photographs]
+
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/BarkingPC/Photographs/ Old photos of Barking, Suffolk, inc. Old School Photographs]
  
*[http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk CAM] Some beautiful Suffolk photographs on this website.
+
*[http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk Photographs]
  
*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury.
+
*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury
  
 
*[http://www.unseenarchive.co.uk/ Photographs of Bygone Suffolk]
 
*[http://www.unseenarchive.co.uk/ Photographs of Bygone Suffolk]
Line 164: Line 175:
  
  
'''Countywide interest'''
 
  
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]. emigration from East Anglia in the 19th Century.
+
==Register Office==
 +
Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement Certificates]
  
*[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]
+
'''Bury St Edmunds'''
  
*[http://www.mysuffolkfamily.com/ My Suffolk Family family history website.Contains lots of surnames and useful links]
+
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
  
  
 +
'''Debden District'''
  
 +
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
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
 
  
 +
'''Sudbury'''
  
*[http://home.clara.net/badeleia/badley.htm Badley - History of the Parish]
+
14 Cornard Road<br>
 +
Sudbury<br>
 +
Suffolk<br>
 +
CO10 2XA<br>
 +
Tel 01787 372904<br>
 +
E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
  
*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
 
  
*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The history and the people of Blaxhall.
+
'''Waveney District'''
  
*[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!
+
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
  
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
 
  
*[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.
+
==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
+
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
+
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.oldchelsworth.org.uk/ Chelsworth]- People and Pictures
 
  
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
+
'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare - Genealogy Pages (This is the Genealogy page for the above website)]
+
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk Cosford Database]
+
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ Exning Parish Church - some gravestone inscriptions]
+
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
 
  
*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
+
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
 
 
*[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://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke past present & future ]
+
==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.suffolksaints.org.uk/ Welcome to the Church of England benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
+
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
 
 
*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
 
  
  
  
<br><br>Back to [[England]]
+
Back to [[England]]

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.


Back to England