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Parish History

Fritton St Edmund is an Ancient parish in the Lothingland deanery of the  Diocese of Norwich and the historical  county of Suffolk. Following 1974 local government boundary changes the parish became part of the county of Norfolk. 

It is not to be confused with Fritton St Catherine, Norfolk and the change of county can also confuse researchers.

A Norman round tower church with thatched roof and surviving wall painting (see web sites below)

Resources

If you live in Suffolk you will have access to a variety of resources at local archives and libraries.  For those who live further afield, one can access microfilm and online records at LDS Family History Centres.  Refer to Fritton and Suffolk in the Family History Library Catalogue for available records.

Civil Registration

Registration events post 1837 can be searched online at Free BMD. Refer to the Suffolk Civil Registration article for more details.

• Mutford 1837-1935
• Lothingland 1935-1974
• Waveney St Margaret's House
  Gordon Road
  Lowestoft
  Suffolk
  NR32 1JQTelephone: 01502 405096
  Fax: 01502 508170
  Email: waveney.registrars@suffolk.gov.uk

Church Records

Registers for the parish are deposited at  Norfolk Record Office reference  PD 84.

The images for Fritton St Catherine, Norfolk which are displayed in historic records (formerly Record Search) include one marriage register for this parish 1838-1901 53 images 

Census Records

a. Census records from 1841-1891 are available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library. The first film number is 47440. To view these census images online, they are available through the following websites for a fee ($) or free:

• FamilySearch has some of the British Censuses available.
• FindMyPast ($) has all available census records including images, and is free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and some public and academic libraries.
• Ancestry.co.uk ($) has now all available census records but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and at numerous public and academic libraries. The library versions are known as AncestryInstitution.com.
• The Genealogist.co.uk ($) has all available censuses and is free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries.
• FreeCen is a UK census searches. It is not complete and individuals are always asked to consider helping out with transcriptions.
  
  

Poor Law Unions

Mutford and Launditch http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/suffolk/mutford_workhouse.htm

Probate records

Suffolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes F through G

Maps

England Jurisdictions 1851

Web Sites

http://www.achurchnearyou.com/fritton-st-edmund/ for information about the parish

http://www.paintedchurch.org/frited.htm  Church Painting

http://www.roundtowers.org.uk/toptwenty.html  Top Twenty Round Tower churches website

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-227767-church-of-st-edmund-fritton-and-st-olave British listed building

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/frittonedmund/frittonedmund.htm  Norfolk Churches website images of church and explanation of county boundary change

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1918774 for images of the church

http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/mills/r.php/22719/show.html for 1911 image of the church