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 and the change of county can also confuse researchers.

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

Resources
If you live in Suffolk you will have access to a variety of resources at local archives and libraries. For those who live further afield, one can access microfilm and online records at Family History Centres. Refer to and  in the FamilySearch Catalogue for available records.

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

Poor Law Unions
Mutford and Launditch http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/suffolk/mutford_workhouse.htm

Probate records
Suffolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes F through G

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851

Websites
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/fritton-st-edmund/ for information about the parish

http://www.paintedchurch.org/frited.htm Church Painting

http://www.roundtowers.org.uk/toptwenty.html Top Twenty Round Tower churches website

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-227767-church-of-st-edmund-fritton-and-st-olave British listed building

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/frittonedmund/frittonedmund.htm Norfolk Churches website images of church and explanation of county boundary change

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1918774 for images of the church

http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/mills/r.php/22719/show.html for 1911 image of the church