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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.
  
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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
  
Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement certificates]
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'''Other major towns:''' Lowestoft, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds
  
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Suffolk| Suffolk Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
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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'''
  
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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]
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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]
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*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
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*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The History and The People of Blaxhall.
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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]
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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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]
  
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*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/pamela.smith2/coddenham.htm Memories of Coddenham c.1900]
  
=====Bury St Edmunds=====
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*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
  
St Margarets <br>
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*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
New Shire Hall<br>
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Bury St Edmunds<br>
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~gumbleton/misc/chelmondiston.html Chelmondiston Census Index]
Suffolk<br>
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IP33 1RX<br>
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Villageofthemonth/Chelsworth.htm Chelsworth]
Tel 01284 352373<br>
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E-mail bse@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
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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]
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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]
  
=====Debden District=====
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~norman.kenyon/history/frame1.html Elmswell Millenium History Group]
  
The Lindos Centre<br>
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ The Churchyard at St. Martin's, Exning]
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.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
  
14 Cornard Road<br>
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*[http://wanborough.ukuhost.co.uk/Freston.htm Freston Local History and Genealogy pages]
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.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
  
St Margaret's House<br>
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.clarke/contents.html Glemsford]
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.glemsford.org.uk/04lhs.html Glemsford Local History Society]
  
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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]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~haughley/ Haughley]
  
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*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/HeritageCircle Hinderclay, Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall Heritage Circle]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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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]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.little-saxham.suffolk.gov.uk/about/index.shtml Little Saxham]
  
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*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.newmarketlhs.org.uk Newmarket Local History Society]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.onehouse.org.uk/index.html Onehouse]
  
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/burial_registers/ramsholt_registers/ramsholt_registers.html Ramsholt Registers from 1800 - 2007]
  
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
  
*Kirkley:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/StowmarketLocalHistoryGroup/ Stowmarket Local History Group]
*Lowestoft:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
  
==Links==
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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)]
  
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice County Record Office]  
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*[http://www.walsham-le-willows.org/ Walsham le Willows]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/suffolk.html Library Links]  
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*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]  
  
*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]  
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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]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/suffolk.html Local History Society]  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tiber/wickham_market_genealogy.htm Wickham Market Genealogy]
  
*[http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/suffk.html Genealogy Links Page]  
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*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay non-conformist Churches - Historical Records ]
  
*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10suffo331/10suffo331gazA.htm Town and Village Maps]  
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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
  
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Woolpit/Index.html Transcript of the Parish Register for Woolpit]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/suffolk/Suffolk.htm Suffolk Workhouses]
 
  
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk Cosford Database]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/ Genuki: Suffolk]  
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*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
  
*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ Suffolk Surnames List]  
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*[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://groups.msn.com/EastofEnglandG...-/welcome.msnw The East of England Genealogy Group]  
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/12/07/church_gallery_feature.shtml Suffolk Churches Gallery]
  
*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/Environment/Cemeteries/ Waveney Cemeteries]  
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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.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]. There was mass emigration from East Anglia in the 19th Century. Many were agricultural workers. This site tells the story but no names or transcriptions.
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=suffolk Gravestone Photographs]  
  
*This is a brilliant site for anyone with ancestors in [http://www.oldchelsworth.org.uk/ Chelsworth]- occupants of the houses, AND fantastic old pics of the houses too!
 
  
*[http://www.familyresearcher.org/ELING.cfm Eling Marriages] '''''<<< link not working at the moment, Suspect server 'down''''''
 
  
*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke past present & future ]  
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==Register Office==
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Copy Certificate information [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/ReplacementCertificates/ Replacement Certificates]
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
 
  
*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The history and the people of Blaxhall.
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'''Bury St Edmunds'''
  
*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
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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.clare-uk.com/Clare UK - A web site dedicated to the town of Clare]
 
  
*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare - Genealogy Pages (This is the Genealogy page for the above website)]
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'''Debden District'''
  
*[http://essexpub.net/Suffolk%20Genealogy%20Links.htm Suffolk Genealogy Links]
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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.mysuffolkfamily.com/ My Suffolk Family This is someone's family history website but it contains lots of surnames and useful links]
 
  
*[http://www.itgen.co.uk/ffhs/ Felixstowe Family History Society]
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'''Sudbury'''
  
*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
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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://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
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'''Waveney District'''
  
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society 9Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive)]
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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.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk CAM] Some beautiful Suffolk photographs on this website.
 
  
*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury.
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.brandon-heritage.co.uk/ Brandon Heritage Project - Town History]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/BarkingPC/Photographs/ Old photos of Barking, Suffolk, including old school photographs]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk's history]
 
  
*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay Church Historical Records ]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://home.clara.net/badeleia/badley.htm BADLEY - History of the Parish]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ THE BENTLEY VILLAGE PAGE]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.suffolksaints.org.uk/ WELCOME to the Church of England benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
 
  
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/12/07/church_gallery_feature.shtml Suffolk Churches gallery]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~nigelsmithszoo/camra/campaigns/lost-ipswich-pubs.htm Lost Pubs of Ipswich ]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html This is the independent website for Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
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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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