TUNSTALL
"TUNSTALL, a parish in the hundred of Plomesgate, county Suffolk, 7½ miles N.E. of Woodbridge, its post town, and 5 from Orford. It contains the hamlet of Dunningworth. Much of the land is in heath. In the vicinity are some clay and sand pits. The living is a rectory with that of Dunningworth annexed, in the diocese of Norwich, value £352. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There is a free school, and the Baptists have a chapel."
"DUNNINGWORTH, a hamlet in the parish of Tunstall, hundred of Plomesgate, in the county of Suffolk, 6 miles N.E. of Woodbridge. This was formerly a distinct parish, but is now united to Tunstall. The living is a rectory annexed to that of Tunstall, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is in ruins. A fair is held on the 11th August for horses."
Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003
Cemeteries
- Baptist Burial Ground, Off Lane N side of Orford Road, Cemetery
- St Michael, Orford Road, Church of England, Tunstall (with Dunningworth)
Census
Church History
Descriptions and photographs of churches in the parish may be found in Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches.Church Records
- Transcriptions from Tunstall Baptist Chapel 1805 to 1862 contain nearly 900 entries of Births, Deaths & Burials and a Members List, covering many Plomesgate parishes & beyond.
- Churches in Tunstall:
- St Michael, Orford Road, Church of England, Tunstall (with Dunningworth)
- Chapel, Mill Lane, Particular Baptist
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