Hopton (near Lowestoft), Suffolk Genealogy

Guide to Hopton (near Lowestoft), Suffolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
HOPTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the incorporation and hundred of Mutford and Lothingland, E. division of Suffolk, 4¾ miles (N. by W.) from Lowestoft. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Also known as 'Hopton on Sea.'

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

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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
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 * 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)

Poor Law Unions

 * Mutford and Lothingland Workhouse
 * Workhouses in UK

Probate Court
Suffolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes H through K

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Websites

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