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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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| [[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]
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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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]
  
=====Bury St Edmunds=====
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Leisure/historyhome.htm Articles and information on Suffolk History]
  
St Margarets <br>
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*[http://www.suffolklocalhistorycouncil.org.uk/organization.html Suffolk Local History Council - Organizations]
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=====
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdorse/PRSU.html Suffolk Parish Registers]
  
The Lindos Centre<br>
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*[http://www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk/ The Suffolk Surnames List]
Saddlemakers Lane<br>
 
Melton<br>
 
Woodbridge<br>
 
Suffolk<br>
 
IP12 1PP<br>
 
Tel 01394 382921 <br>
 
E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk
 
  
=====Sudbury=====
 
  
14 Cornard Road<br>
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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://maurice.toucansurf.com/badley.html  Badley - History of the Parish]
  
St Margaret's House<br>
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*[http://www.bardwellvillage.info/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ Bardwell Village]
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.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.
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.burypastandpresent.org.uk/ Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society]
  
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*[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.
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*[http://www.bures-online.co.uk/ Bures Online]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/pamela.smith2/coddenham.htm Memories of Coddenham c.1900]
  
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*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk/ The Cosford Database]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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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 Address'''
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Villageofthemonth/Chelsworth.htm Chelsworth]
  
Suffolk Record Office
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/ Clare UK - The Official Website for Clare]
  
Gatacre Road
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*[http://www.clare-uk.com/genealogy/search.html Clare Genealogy Pages]
  
Ipswich
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*[http://www.debenhamfamilyhistory.org.uk/ Debenham Family History]
  
IP1 2LQ
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*[http://www.elmswell-history.org.uk/sources.html Historical Information about Elmswell]
  
Telephone: 01473 584541 (Searchroom)
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~norman.kenyon/history/frame1.html Elmswell Millenium History Group]
  
Telephone: 01473 584560 (Public Service Manager)
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stmartinsexning/ The Churchyard at St. Martin's, Exning]
  
Fax: 01473 584533
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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]
  
Suffolk Record Office- Bury St Edmunds Branch
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*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] Also contains Norfolk/Suffolk newspaper archive
  
77 Raingate Street
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*[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.clarke/contents.html Glemsford]
  
Bury St Edmunds
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*[http://www.glemsford.org.uk/04lhs.html Glemsford Local History Society]
  
IP33 2AR
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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
  
Telephone: 01284 352352 (Searchroom)
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*[http://www.greatwaldingfield.co.uk/index.htm Great Waldingfield]
  
Telephone: 01284 352352 (Public Service Manager)
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~haughley/ Haughley]
  
Textphone: 01284 352357
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*[http://www.haverhill-uk.com/ Haverhill-UK - The Official Website for Haverhill, Suffolk]
  
Fax: 01284 352355
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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 ]
  
Suffolk Record Office -Lowestoft Branch
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.chaloner/glemham.htm Little Glemham Parish Council]
  
Clapham Road
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*[http://www.little-saxham.suffolk.gov.uk/about/index.shtml Little Saxham]
  
Lowestoft
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*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
  
NR32 1DR
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*[http://www.newmarketlhs.org.uk Newmarket Local History Society]
  
Telephone: 01502 405357 (Searchroom)
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*[http://www.onehouse.org.uk/index.html Onehouse]
  
Telephone: 01502 405358 (Public Service Manager)
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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]
  
Textphone: 01502 405349
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*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
  
Fax: 01502 405350
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*[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/StowmarketLocalHistoryGroup/ Stowmarket Local History Group]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke Past Present & Future ]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.suffolksaints.info/saindex.htm Welcome to the Church of England Benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.walsham-le-willows.org/ Walsham le Willows]
 
 
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
 
 
 
*Kirkley:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
*Lowestoft:[http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=29 Stella]
 
 
 
==Links==
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice County Record Office]
 
 
 
*[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]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Local History Society'''
 
 
 
*[http://www.suffolkfhs.org.uk Suffolk Family History Society]
 
 
 
*[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
 
 
 
 
 
'''OPC'''
 
 
 
 
 
'''Archives'''
 
 
 
*[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]
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*[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/cemeteries/lowestoft/lowestoft_abbott_barbor.html Waveney District Council Cemetery Links]  
  
*[http://www.woodbridgechurch.org.uk/Records/ Woodbridge Quay Church Historical Records ]
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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]
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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
 
 
*[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 ]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Den/Woolpit/Index.html Transcript of the Parish Register for Woolpit]
  
*[http://www.lowestoftwitches.com/ The Trial of the Lowestoft Witches, 1664]
 
  
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/sfkcons.txt Woodbridge Jail Transportees 1825-1840]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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*[http://www.senseofplacesuffolk.co.uk/search/ Old Photographs of Suffolk]  
 
 
*[http://woodbridgesuffolk.info/Suffolk/index.htm Suffolk Village and Town Photographs]
 
  
 
*[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.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]
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*[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.
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*[http://www.suffolkcam.co.uk/ Suffolk Photographs]
  
*[http://sudburysuffolk.co.uk/photoarchive/ Caught on Camera] The Historic Photo Archive for Sudbury.
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*[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]
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'''Countywide interest'''
 
  
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/Emigration2.html Emigration in the 19th Century]. emigration from East Anglia in the 19th Century.
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==Register Office==
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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]
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'''Bury St Edmunds'''
  
*[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
  
  
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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
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
 
  
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'''Sudbury'''
  
*[http://home.clara.net/badeleia/badley.htm Badley - History of the Parish]
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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.bentley.suffolk.gov.uk/ Bentley Village]
 
  
*[http://www.blaxhall.com/ Welcome to Blaxhall] The history and the people of Blaxhall.
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'''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!
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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.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.
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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.campsea-ashe.co.uk/index.html Campsea Ashe Suffolk]
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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]
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'''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)]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.cosford-database.co.uk Cosford Database]
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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]
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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]
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'''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]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.stradbroke.org.uk Stradbroke past present & future ]
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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.
 
 
*[http://www.suffolksaints.org.uk/ Welcome to the Church of England benefice of South Elmham & Ilketshall (The Saints)]
 
 
 
*[http://www.stowmarket-history.co.uk Stowmarket History and Heritage]
 
  
  
  
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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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