Eye, Suffolk Genealogy

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

Parish History
EYE, an ancient borough and irregularly built market town, occupies a low situation at the confluence of two rivulets, 8 miles N. of Debenham, 21 miles N. of Ipswich, 5$ miles S.S.E. of Diss, 8 miles E. by S. of Botesdale, and 90 miles N.E. of London. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans.

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

Resources

 * in the FamilySearch Catalog

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

Church records
Eye 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.

Probate records
Prior to 1837 the primary court that had jurisdiction over Eye was the Archdeaconry of Sudbury; from 1837 to 1858 it was in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk; however, a person’s will or administration may have been probated in nearby courts or even in London. After 1858 it was in Ipswich District.. Refer to the Suffolk Probate Records article for further details.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Suffolk Gazetteers and Directories from 1839 to 1909 - Suffolk Gazetteers and directories provide a brief history and description of each parish and lists principal residents. They mention the farmers and tradesman in each parish and the nearest market towns among other items.
 * National Gazetteers provide a brief description of each place
 * Vision of Britain
 * EYE (St. Peter and St. Paul), a borough, market town, and parish, in the union, and locally in the hundred, of Hartismere, W. division of Suffolk, 20½ miles (N.) from Ipswich, and 89½ (N. E. by N.) from London. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851 maps - see parish in context with surrounding parishes also determine various ecclesiastical and civil jurisdictions for this parish
 * Eye on Google maps - see lay of the land as it is today