Blundeston with Flixton, Suffolk Genealogy

Guide to Blundeston with Flixton, Suffolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Blundeston is a parish in Mutford district, Suffolk; it is near the coast, 2 ½ miles ENE of Somerleyton railway station, and 3½ miles NW of Lowestoft. The post office is under Lowestoft. It was united with the rectory of Flixton owing to a hurricane in 1703 which partially destroyed it and was never rebuilt. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Refer to the works listed in Suffolk Gazetteers or England Gazetteers for additional local history.

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Civil Registration
Blundeston and Flixton were in Mutford district. To search an index of Mutford district records go to FreeBMD. The Suffolk Civil Registration article tells more about these records. Civil Registration began in 1837.

Church Records
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Church of England
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Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Suffolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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