Eye, Suffolk Genealogy

England

Suffolk

Suffolk Parishes

Eye

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

Eye, Suffolk
Type	England Jurisdictions
Civil Jurisdictions
Hundred	Hartismere
County	Suffolk, England Genealogy
Poor Law Union	Hartismere
Registration District	Hartismere
Records begin
Parish registers: 1538
Bishop's Transcripts: 1698
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery	Hartismere
Diocese	Norwich
Province	Canterbury
Legal Jurisdictions
Probate Court	Court of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury
Location of Archive
Suffolk Archives and Libraries

Parish History

EYE, an ancient borough and irregularly built market town, occupies a low situation at the confluence of two rivulets, 8 miles N. of Debenham, 21 miles N. of Ipswich, 5$ miles S.S.E. of Diss, 8 miles E. by S. of Botesdale, and 90 miles N.E. of London. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans.

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

Resources

• Eye in the FamilySearch Catalog

Civil Registration

Eye is in Hartismere district. To search an index of Hartismere district records go to FreeBMD. The Suffolk Civil Registration article tells more about these records.

Church records

Eye, Suffolk Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

1813 = Suffolk Marriage Index (1813-37) (findmypast) - (£)

BOYD = Boyd's Marriage Index (findmypast) - (£)

NBI = National Burial Index (findmypast) - (£)

Eye, Suffolk Genealogy Online Parish Records
	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images
1813			1813-1837
BOYD			1538-1753
NBI					1538-1900

Parish Registers began in the 1500's. They can be viewed at the Suffolk Record Office. There are Bishop Transcripts and Parish Registers that have been filmed for most parishes in the County. See the Suffolk Church Records article for further details.

Census records

There are census records available for Eye 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 Eye Census in the library 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 the county.
Refer to the Suffolk Census wiki article for details.

Probate records

Prior to 1837 the primary court that had jurisdiction over Eye was the Archdeaconry of Sudbury; from 1837 to 1858 it was in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk; however, a person’s will or administration may have been probated in nearby courts or even in London. After 1858 it was in Ipswich District..  Refer to the Suffolk Probate Records article for further details.

Maps and Gazetteers

• Suffolk Gazetteers and Directories from 1839 to 1909 - Suffolk Gazetteers and directories provide a brief history and description of each parish and lists principal residents. They mention the farmers and tradesman in each parish and the nearest market towns among other items.
• National Gazetteers provide a brief description of each place
  • Vision of Britain
  • EYE (St. Peter and St. Paul), a borough, market town, and parish, in the union, and locally in the hundred, of Hartismere, W. division of Suffolk, 20½ miles (N.) from Ipswich, and 89½ (N. E. by N.) from London. There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans.

• England Jurisdictions 1851 maps - see parish in context with surrounding parishes also determine various ecclesiastical and civil jurisdictions for this parish
• Eye on Google maps - see lay of the land as it is today