Hopton (near Lowestoft), Suffolk Genealogy

Guide to Hopton (near Lowestoft), Suffolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
HOPTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the incorporation and hundred of Mutford and Lothingland, E. division of Suffolk, 4¾ miles (N. by W.) from Lowestoft. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Also known as 'Hopton on Sea.'

Refer to the works listed in Suffolk Gazetteers or England Gazetteers for source material.

Church Records
Hopton (near Lowestoft) parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Suffolk Record Office.

Poor Law Unions

 * For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: www.workhouses.org.uk and Mutford and Lothingland: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Mutford/Mutford.shtml

Registration Districts
Hopton is in Mutford district. To search an index of Mutford district records go to FreeBMD. The Suffolk Civil Registration article provides more details. Civil Registration began in 1837.

Probate Court
Suffolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes H through K

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851