Somerleyton, Suffolk Genealogy

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

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

Church 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.

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images

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.