Ipswich St Matthew, Suffolk Genealogy

Guide to Ipswich St Matthew ancestry, family history, and genealogy: chapelry register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
St. Matthew's Church, at the west end of the town, stands in a large burial ground, and is a plain, unassuming structure, consisting of a nave, chancel, side aisles, tower, and south porch. It was re-newed about 1840, and was enlarged in 1813 by the extension of the south aisle. A further enlargement is in contemplation. The font is ancient, and has a finely carved cover,..... The parish increased its population from 1206 in 1801 to 3458 in 1841; but in 1851 it had increased to 5086 souls. It contains 647 acres of land, extending about 1 1/2 mile westward. It anciently contained four other churches or chapels, viz., All Saints, the site of which is unknown; St. George's, of which some remains may be seen in a barn in St. George's street; St. Mildred's, which was converted into the Town Hall, as already noticed; and St. Mary's Chapel, which stood at the north-west corner of Lady lane, and was famous for an image of the Blessed Virgin, called by the numerous pilgrims who visited it, "Our Lady of Ipswich;" but after the Reformation, it was taken to London, and there publicly burnt. The site of this chapel is covered with modern buildings. St. Matthew's, or the West Gate, was rebuilt in the time of Henry VI., and was for a long period used as the Borough Goal, but was demolished many years ago. The parish contains several handsome modern suburbs and neat mansions, and its chief landowners are R. D. Alexander, J. Orford, C. Kersey, and Robert Mumford, Esqrs. William White, 1855, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Suffolk, page 81-82

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