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:

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

FamilySearch

England, Suffolk, Chediston – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Mary’s churchyard, Chediston, Suffolk : survey of the monumental inscriptions
Author:    Bloomfield, Margaret; Nutting, Hilda; Redcap, Faith; Women’s Institute. Linstead Women’s Institute (Suffolk)

England, Suffolk, Chediston – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Chediston, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Suffolk, Chediston – Church records ( 3 )
Manuscript of register at St. Mary’s Church, Chediston, Suffolk

Parish register transcripts, 1653-1924
Author:    Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Chediston, Suffolk); Gooding, Alexander S.

Register at St. Mary’s Church
Author:    Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Chediston, Suffolk)

England, Suffolk, Chediston – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Chediston parish, Suffolk, England, christenings, 1653-1924

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

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