Bungay Holy Trinity, Suffolk, England Genealogy


Bungay Holy Trinity

Guide to Bungay Holy Trinity, Suffolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Type Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
County Suffolk
Hundred Wangford
Poor Law Union Wangford
Registration District Wangford
Records Begin
Parish registers 1557
Bishop's Transcripts 1698
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Wangford
Diocese Norwich
Province Canterbury
Probate Court Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk
Archive
Suffolk Record Office


Parish History

BUNGAY, a market-town, in the union and hundred of Wangford, E. division of Suffolk, 40 miles (N.N.E.) from Ipswich, 40 (N.E. by E.) from Bury St. Edmund's, and 109 (N.E. by N.) from London, on the road to Yarmouth. Bungay comprises the parishes of St. Mary and the Holy Trinity. There are places of worship for Wesleyans, Independents, and Roman Catholics.[1]

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

Resources

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Cemeteries

Civil Registration

Bungay was in Wangford district. To search an index of Wangford district records go to FreeBMD. The Suffolk Civil Registration article provides more details about these records. Civil Registration began in 1837.

Church Records

The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England

Due to the increasing access of online records:

  • Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
  • Dates in the following table are approximate

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Bungay Holy Trinity Online Parish Records
Collections
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Indexes and images
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Indexes and images
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Indexes and images
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FamilySearch Collections-Suffolk
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FamilySearch Parish Registers – Suffolk
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Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
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FreeREG
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Findmypast-Suffolk ($)
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Ancestry Church of England BMD-Suffolk ($)
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Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
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Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
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National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
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Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.

Nonconformist Records

"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.

Census Records

There are census records available for Bungay from 1841 to 1911. Census records are available on a variety of subscription and other websites. If you need to consult the 1841 to 1891 census on microfilm, refer to Bungay Censusin the catalogue.
There is statistical data available for the census years 1801 to 1931 that records the number of houses, families, people, and other statistical data for every parish in Suffolk.
Refer to the Suffolk Census wiki article for details about the Census.

Genealogy From Periodicals

Piggott, Sophie. The Townshend Family: Part 1, The Great Yarmouth Branch (including Robert the Forger). Family history of Robert Townshend and Sarah Cocks (Cox) with the following surnames, Bulley, Elgate, Jay, Waller, Harbord, Loveridge, Crisp, with dates starting 1768-1851. There is a strong possibility they are related to the Townshends in Bungay, Suffolk. Article in The Norfolk Ancestor, vol.2, pt 1. March 1999, page 22-26, FamilySearch Library Ref. 942.61 B2j new series v.2, pt1,

Piggott, Sophie. The Townshend Family: Part 2, Carvers and Gilders of Norwich. Family history of Samuel Townshend Townsend) and Elizabeth nee Loveridge, with the following surnames, Watts, Dosher, Holmes, Engall, Gilbert, Minns, Burton, Fisher, dates 1822-1955. Article in The Norfolk Ancestor, vol.2 pt.2, June 1999, pages 94-97, FamilySearch Library 942.61 B2j new series v2, pt.2

Probate Records

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Suffolk Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Websites

References

  1. Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 431-437. Date accessed: 23 September 2013.