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.

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

Parish registers for Hopton, near Lowestoft, 1673-1902

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: Workhouses in UK and Mutford and Lothingland: Mutford and Lothingland

Registration Districts
Hopton 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.

Probate Court
Suffolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes H through K

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851