Badingham, Suffolk Genealogy

England | Suffolk | Parishes

Description
"BADÍNGHAM, a widely scattered village, having several assemblages of houses, near the sources of the river Alde, from 3 to 4 miles N.N.E. of Framlingham, has in its parish 864 souls, and 3200 A.. of fertile land, in the manors of ßadingham Hall, Colston Hall, and Oakenhill Hall. Robert Sayer, Esq., is lord of the two former; and the Rev. J. Baldry of the latter. They each hold General Courts Baron, at which the copyholders, and all owing suit and service, are summoned to attend ; but a great part of the parish is freehold. W. A. Stanford, Esq., has an estate and neat seat here, called the White House ; and the Horsey, Peckover, Moxon, Alderson, Scott, Webster, and several other families, have estates in the parish. Badinggham, Hall, now a farm-house, was long the seat of the Rous family; and Colston Hall formerly belonged to the Holts. The Church (St. John) is an ancient structure, with a tower and five bells. The chancel was rebuilt of white brick, by the Rev. T. F. Chevallier, the late rector and patron, and contains several monuments of the I tons family...."

Civil Registration
Badingham is in the district of Hoxne. To search an index of Hoxne district records go to FreeBMD. The Suffolk Civil Registration article tells more about these records.



Church records
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