View source for Hopton (near Lowestoft), Suffolk Genealogy

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Guide to '''Hopton (near Lowestoft), Suffolk ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. 

{{Infobox England Jurisdictions
| image = Hopton - Church of All Saints.jpg
| caption = 
| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Suffolk
| Hundred = Mutford and Lothingland
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Mutford/ Mutford and Lothingland]
| Registration District = Mutford
| PRbegin = 1675
| BTbegin = 1698
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Norwich
| Archdeaconry = 
| Archdeaconries = 
| Rural Deanery = Lothingland
| Parish = 
| Peculiar = 
| Chapelry = 
| Probate Court = Court of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk
| Archdeaconry Court = 
| Bishops Court = 
| Prerogative Court = 
| Archive = [[Suffolk Record Office]]
}} 

=== Parish History  ===

HOPTON (St. Mary), a '''parish''', in the incorporation and hundred of Mutford and Lothingland, E. division of Suffolk, 4¾ miles (N. by W.) from Lowestoft. There is a place of worship for '''Wesleyans'''.<ref>Lewis,Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51043#s16 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848)''], pp. 545-547. Date accessed: 30 September 2013.</ref> 

Also known as 'Hopton on Sea.'<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 4 December 2013.</ref> 

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

=== Church Records  ===
{{PAGENAME}} parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years: 

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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''BOYD''' = [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records Boyd's Marriage Index (findmypast) - (£)]<ref>Percival Boyd, ''A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index'' (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987). Digital version at {{FSbook|1727134}}.</ref>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP''' = [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/ findmypast - (£)]<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/suffolk-baptism-index-place-list 'Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 5 January 2016.</ref>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''NBI''' = [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records National Burial Index (findmypast) - (£)]<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/national-burial-index-coverage-counties.action 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 4 December 2013.</ref>
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1677-1751'''] 
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| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1784-1858'''] 
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| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records '''1594-1900'''] 
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Parish registers for Hopton, near Lowestoft, 1673-1902 

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| Baptisms 1673-1882 Marriages 1675-1680, 1695-1835 Banns 1755-1901 Burials 1674-1902 
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== Census Records<br>  ==

{{British Census|474640}}<br> 

== Poor Law Unions&nbsp;  ==

*For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: [http://workhouses.org.uk/ www.workhouses.org.uk] and Mutford and Lothingland: [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Mutford/Mutford.shtml http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Mutford/Mutford.shtml]

== Registration Districts  ==

Hopton is in '''Mutford district'''. To search an index of Mutford district records go to [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. The [[Suffolk Civil Registration|Suffolk Civil Registration article]] provides more details. Civil Registration began in 1837. 

== Probate Court  ==

[[Suffolk Probate Jurisdictions Parishes H through K]] 

== Maps  ==

[[England Jurisdictions 1851]] 

== References  ==

{{reflist}} {{Suffolk}} 

[[Category:Suffolk_Parishes]]