Chediston, Suffolk Family History Guide
Chediston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Suffolk.
Alternative names: Chadeston
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1653
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1698
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Linstead Parva
- Wissett
- Metfield
- South Elmham St James
- Huntingfield with Cookley
- Halesworth
Parish History
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Chediston, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; near the East Suffolk railway, 2 miles W by N of Halesworth. Post-town, Halesworth. Acres, 2, 378. Real property, £3,821. Pop., 418. Houses, 84. The property is subdivided. Chediston Hall is a Tudor edifice, and the seat of the Rants. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Halesworth, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is old and tolerable. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £49.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Suffolk
- Civil Registration District: Blything
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk
- Diocese: Norwich
- Rural Deanery: Dunwich
- Poor Law Union: Blything
- Hundred: Blything
- Province: Canterbury