Fritton, Suffolk Genealogy

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

Parish History
FRITTON (St. Edmund), a parish, in the hundred of Mutford and Lothingland, E. division of Suffolk, 6 miles (S.W. by S.) from Yarmouth.

Fritton St Edmund is an Ancient parish in the Lothingland deanery of the Diocese of Norwich and the historical county of Suffolk. Following 1974 local government boundary changes the parish became part of the county of Norfolk.

It is not to be confused with Fritton St Catherine, Norfolk; the change of county can also confuse researchers.

A Norman round tower church with thatched roof and surviving wall painting (see websites below)

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Civil Registration
Registration events post 1837 can be searched online at Free BMD. Refer to the Suffolk Civil Registration article for more details.


 * Mutford 1837-1935
 * Lothingland 1935-1974
 * Waveney St Margaret's House Gordon Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1JQTelephone: 01502 405096 Fax: 01502 508170 Email: waveney.registrars@suffolk.gov.uk

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - Suffolk ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Suffolk ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

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

Probate Records
Suffolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes F through G

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Local archives and libraries
 * Family History Centres
 * A Church Near You
 * Round Tower Churches Society
 * British listed buildings
 * Churches of Norfolk