FELIXSTOW
"FELIXSTOW, (or Felstow), a parish in the hundred of Colneis, county Suffolk, 3 miles N.E. of Landguard Fort, 9 S.E. of Woodbridge, and 12 S. E. of Ipswich, its post town. It is situated at the mouths of the rivers Deben and Stour. The parish consists of a small cape stretching into the North Sea, on the extreme S. of the county. A monastery was founded here about the middle of the 12th century by Roger Bigod, which, after the suppression of monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII., was given to Cardinal Wolsey for his intended colleges. Landguard Fort is a military depôt, and has grounds for rifle practice. The living is a vicarage annexed to that of Walton, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is a brick edifice, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul. There are charities for the poor producing about £17 per annum. In the neighbourhood are remains of ancient fortifications and of the old Hall. The Duke of Hamilton is lord of the manor. There are several good residences, and the place is much frequented for the purposes of sea-bathing. In the vicinity a number of Roman coins have been found.
"LANDGUARD FORT, in the parish of Felixstow, hundred of Colneis, county Suffolk, 12 miles S.E. of Ipswich, and 1½ mile from Harwich. There is a chapel for the garrison. See Harwich."
Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003
Cemeteries
- Cemetery, Langley Avenue, Cemetery, Felixstowe
- St Peter and St Paul, Church Road, Church of England, Felixstowe
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Church History
Descriptions and photographs of churches in the parish may be found in Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches.Church Records
- Churches in Felixstow:
- Bethesda Baptist Church, Langer Road, Baptist, Felixstowe
- Felixstowe Baptist Church, Hamilton Hall on Hamilton Road-Cobbold Road, Baptist, Felixstowe
- Cavendish Community Church [now Christ Church], Grange Farm Avenue, Church of England, Felixstowe
- St Andrew, St Andrew's Road [Fleetwood Road], Church of England, Felixstowe
- St Edmund, Langer Road, Church of England, Felixstowe
- St John the Baptist and St Felix, Orwell Road, Church of England, Felixstowe
- St Peter and St Paul, Church Road, Church of England, Felixstowe
- St Philip, Wadgate Road, Church of England, Felixstowe
- St Nicholas, Ferry Road, Church of England, Felixstowe Ferry
- Congregational Church, Cobbold Road, Congregational, Felixstowe
- Chapel [then U.M. Chapel], Ferry Road, Free Methodist, Felixstowe Ferry
- St John the Wonderworker [St Felix+St Edmund], Wadgate Road, Orthodox Christian, Felixstowe
- Presbyterian Church [now United Reform Church], Orwell Road-Tomline Road, Presbyterian, Felixstowe
- St Felix, Gainsborough Road, Roman Catholic, Felixstowe
- Felixstowe Citadel, Cobbold Road, Salvation Army, Felixstowe
- Meeting House, Congregational and Baptist Church Schoolroom-Cobbo, Society of Friends, Felixstowe
- Ranelagh Road Christian Fellowship, Ranelagh Hall-Ranelagh Road, Undenominational, Felixstowe
- Trinity Methodist Church, Orwell Road-The Parade, Wesleyan Methodist, Felixstowe
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