Ipswich, Suffolk Genealogy

England   Suffolk     Parishes

= Description =

Ipswich, the capital of Suffolk, and the largest market-town and port in the county, is an ancient borough and liberty, holding a pleasant and salubrious situation, mostly on the north-east side of the Clipping, at the point where that navigable river assumes the name of Orwell, and begins to expand into a broad estuary, which terminates in the German Ocean, at Harwich, about 13 miles S.E. of the town, which is distant 69 miles N.E. of London, 20 miles N.E. of Colchester, 25 miles S.E. by E. of Bury St. Edmunds, 54 miles S.S.W. of Yarmouth, 8 miles W.S.W. of Woodbridge, and 43 miles S. of Norwich ; being in 52 deg. 3 min. north latitude, and in 1 deg. 9 min. east longitude. It is in the line of the Eastern Counties Railway, which is completed from London to Colchester, and is to be extended to Norwich. It suffered considerably during the greater part of last century, from the loss of its ancient staple manufacture of woollen cloth and canvass ; but being favourably seated for commerce, it has risen rapidly in wealth, population, and importance, during the present century, in which it has increased its population from 10,402, to upwards of 25,000 souls.... 1844 : History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk, and the towns near its borders

Church of England Parishes

 * Ipswich St Clement
 * Ipswich St Helen
 * Ipswich St Lawrence
 * Ipswich St Margaret
 * Ipswich St Mary at the Elms
 * Ipswich St Mary at the Quay
 * Ipswich St Mary Stoke
 * Ipswich St Mary le Tower
 * Ipswich St Matthew
 * Ipswich St Nicholas
 * Ipswich St Peter
 * Ipswich St Stephen

Parish History
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Resources
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Civil Registration
Ipswich is a district. To search an index of Ipswich district records go to FreeBMD. The Suffolk Civil Registration article tells more about these records.

Church records
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Census records
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Probate records
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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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