CHILLESFORD
"CHILLESFORD, a parish in the hundred of Plomesgate, in the county of Suffolk, 3 miles N.W. of Orford, and 9 N.E. of Woodbridge. Wickham Market is its post town. It is situated on an estuary of the river Butley, near Orford Haven. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich, value £355, in the patronage of the Rev. W. E. Pooley. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a stone edifice. Hero is a school. The charities amount to about £5 per annum."
Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003
Cemeteries
- St Peter, Church of England
Census
Chillesfords Children povides relevant Census transcripts for
1841,
1851,
1861,
1901,
1911, and 1911 Strays.
The site also includes a variety of other Church Record information, including
Baptisms 1740 to 1812
P.R. Baptisms 1813 to 1900
P.R.Marriages 1742 to 1837
Marriages 1838 to 1900
Marriages 1900 to 1911
Banns to 1917
Burials to 1900
In addition the site contains other more general information, such as
Baptist Chapel Records
IGI Batch No. P012321
Graves in St. Peter to 2010
Reports, Stories & Notes
Settlement Certificates etc.
Chillesford Photographs
Church History
Descriptions and photographs of churches in the parish may be found in Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches.Church Records
- Churches in Chillesford:
- St Peter, Church of England
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Chillesford area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.
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Description and Travel
You can see pictures of Chillesford which are provided by:Gazetteers
Ask the GENUKI Gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Chillesford to another place.Historical Geography
- Details of the administrative areas of which Chillesford has been a part can be seen in Vision of Britain, which contains details of historic boundaries, and more about this place.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TM385525 (Lat/Lon: 52.119286, 1.482450), Chillesford which are provided by:- StreetMap
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps
- Old Maps Online
- Vision of Britain
- English Jurisdictions in 1851
- Magic (Click + on map to view it)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google map.
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