Somerleyton, Suffolk Genealogy

England   Suffolk     Suffolk Parishes   Somerleyton

Parish History
SOMERLEYTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the incorporation and hundred of Mutford and Lothingland, E. division of Suffolk, 5 miles (N. W. by N.) from Lowestoft.

Somerleyton St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the diocese of Norwich and the county of Suffolk.

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

Parish Records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Images of the parish registers are available on FamilySearch Historical Records.

Poor Law Unions

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

Registration Districts
Somerleyton 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.