Chelmondiston, Suffolk Family History Guide

Chelmondiston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Suffolk.

Parish church: St. Andrew

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1727
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1698

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

  • Nacton with Levington
  • Harkstead
  • Shotley
  • Holbrook
  • Woolverstone
  • Erwarton

Parish History

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Chelmondiston, a parish in Samford district, Suffolk; on the estuary of the river Orwell, 5¾ miles E by S of Bentley Junction r. station, and 6 SSE of Ipswich. It has a post-office under Ipswich.

Acres, 1,627; of which 340 are water. Real property, £2,870. Pop., 949. Houses, 206. The property is divided among a few. Fisheries and the making of Roman cement are carried on.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £347. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, and was recently in need of repair.

There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Suffolk, Chelmondiston – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Chelmondiston Baptist cemetery records

Inscriptions in Chelmondiston Baptist chapelyard, Suffolk

Monumental inscriptions in Chelmondiston churchyard

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

England, Suffolk, Chelmondiston – Church records ( 4 )
Births, bundle of certificates and burials, 1831-1834
Author:    Baptist Chapel (Chelmondiston, Suffolk)

Births, marriages and baptisms, 1670-1704
Author:    Society of Friends. Woodbridge and Chelmondiston Monthly Meeting (England)

Parish register transcripts, 1712-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Chelmondiston; Partridge, Charles (Charles Stanley), 1872-1955

The registers of the Baptist congregation of Chelmondiston, Suffolk, 1831-1836
Author:    Edmonds, Jenifer A.; Baptist Chapel (Chelmondiston, Suffolk)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Suffolk
  • Civil Registration District: Samford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk
  • Diocese: Norwich
  • Rural Deanery: Samford
  • Poor Law Union: Samford
  • Hundred: Samford
  • Province: Canterbury