Belton Genealogical Records
Belton Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Browsable images of copies of Norfolk parish registers that were sent to the Bishop of Norfolk.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
An index to births registered to British Army personal at home and abroad.
Belton Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Browsable images of copies of Norfolk parish registers that were sent to the Bishop of Norfolk.
Abstracts of marriage licences from the Sudbury Archdeaconry. These records may contain more details than marriage registers, including occupations, ages and parents' names.
Abstracts of marriage licences from the Sudbury Archdeaconry. These records may contain more details than marriage registers, including occupations, ages and parents' names.
Abstracts of marriage licences from the Sudbury Archdeaconry. These records may contain more details than marriage registers, including occupations, ages and parents' names.
Belton Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial records covering those buried at All Saints, Belton_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
Browsable images of copies of Norfolk parish registers that were sent to the Bishop of Norfolk.
An index to burials recorded at Quaker meetings. The records contain the name of the deceased, the date they were buried and their age.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Belton Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A list of Suffolk householders and the number of hearths they possessed.
A list of taxes paid by heads of households.
Newspapers Covering Belton
A regional newspaper covering news and events in Norfolk and Suffolk. The newspaper contains numerous notices and articles useful to family historians, such as notices of birth, marriage and death.
A newspaper covering Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. Around 50% of issues from 1814-1817. Original images, searchable by an OCR index.
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
A left-wing, British daily that sold up to 2 million copies a day at its peak.
Digital images, searchable by text, of a British daily tabloid.
Belton Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
A searchable index to early wills proved in the Court of the Bishop of Norwich. Contains the name of the testator, year of probate, residence and occupation.
A searchable index to early wills proved in the Court of the Bishop of Norwich. Contains the name of the testator, year of probate, residence and occupation.
Full transcriptions of around 1,400 17th century wills from the Archdeaconry of Sudbury in Suffolk. Contains an index of all the people and places mentioned in the wills.
Full transcriptions of several hundred early wills from the Archdeaconry of Sudbury in Suffolk.
Belton Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Belton Military Records
An introductory history to an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army.
A calendar that lists most of the important dates in the history of the Regiment.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Suffolk, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Suffolk, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Belton Court & Legal Records
A book recording people who voted, who they voted for and where the voter lived.
Transcriptions and translations of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes. A number of cases relate to Suffolk.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Belton Taxation Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A list of Suffolk householders and the number of hearths they possessed.
Belton Land & Property Records
A book recording people who voted, who they voted for and where the voter lived.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Belton Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of settlements in Suffolk detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private residents..
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
Belton Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Suffolk's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Belton Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Belton Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Describes the parishes in the three hundreds of Wangford, Mutford and Lothingland, in the north-east of the county.
Histories of Suffolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
Histories of Norfolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
A traveller's guide to four Southern counties.
Belton School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Belton Occupation & Business Records
An introduction to smuggling on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Belton
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Belton Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Suffolk's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Belton Church Records
Browsable images of copies of Norfolk parish registers that were sent to the Bishop of Norfolk.
Histories of Suffolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
Histories of Norfolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Photographs of churches of all denominations throughout England and part of Wales.
Biographical Directories Covering Belton
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Belton Maps
A collection of maps plotting the counties of Essex and Suffolk, and some of their settlements.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Belton Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
BELTON is a parish and village in a valley on the banks of the navigable Waveney, with a station on the East Suffolk section of the Great Eastern railway, 4 ½ miles south-west from Yarmouth and 8 north-west from Lowestoft, in the Northern division of the county, hundred, petty sessional division and incorporation of Mutford and Lothingland, county court district of Great Yarmouth, rural deanery of Lothingland, archdeaconry of Suffolk and diocese of Norwich. The church of All Saints is an ancient edifice of flint with stone dressings, in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a round western tower, rebuilt in 1849, and containing one bell: on the north wall of the nave are remains of 15th century paintings representing the legend of “The three Quick and the three Dead,” and figures of St. Christopher and St. James the Great: the screen, of the same period, is handsomely carved and in good preservation: the reredos of oak, erected in 1887, is enriched with carving by Mr. James Elwell, of Beverley, Yorkshire, Mr. Temple Moore, of London, being the architect: the font is of Purbeck marble; the ancient font, still preserved, was found during the restoration in 1849, and is presumed to be of Saxon date: the stained east window was presented in 1896 by members of the Howes family, in memory of the Rev. T. G. F. Howes, rector here for 58 years: a fine oil painting of “The Last Supper,” after Titian, the gift of the Rev. W. Schomberg, a former rector, hangs on the west wall: in 1866 the chancel was restored at the cost of the rector, and the nave in 1881, from the designs of Messrs. Bottle and Olley, architects, Great Yarmouth, when an open-timbered roof was erected and the nave re-seated with open oak benches, at a total cost, with other work, of about £2,000: the communion plate of silver gilt and silver includes a cup inscribed: —
“* FOB THE TOWNE OF BELTON *”
There are 263 sittings. The register dates from 1560, and includes entries recording a serious visitation of the plague in the spring of 1665. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £260, with 19 acres of glebe, and residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich, and held since 1895 by the Rev. William Leeper MA. Of Trinity College, Dublin. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1896, and seating 200. There are 9 acres of waste land which have been awarded to the poor, and the rents thereof are expended in coals, which are distributed during the winter. The Belton Institute and Reading Room, erected by public subscription in 1885 at a cost of £300, is of red brick and will seat 300 people; it is managed by a committee of 9 members. The trustees of R. Henry Reeve esq. of Lowestoft, are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are Sir Savile Brinton Crossley bart. of Somerleyton, the Misses Larkman, and Magdalen College, Oxford. The soil is a light land; subsoil, sand. The chief crops are barley, turnips, wheat and hay. The area is 2,030 acres, 674 of which, on the river side, are marsh land, 27 of water and 9 of tidal water; rateable value, £2,616; the population in 1891 was 752.
National School (mixed), built in 1860, and enlarged in 1896 for 170 children; average attendance, 142; there is a residence adjoining for the master.
Most Common Surnames in Belton
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Mutford and Lothingland Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyton | 31 | 1:20 | 72.09% | 1,427 |
| 2 | Sharman | 27 | 1:23 | 5.72% | 117 |
| 2 | Beare | 27 | 1:23 | 61.36% | 1,403 |
| 4 | Woodcock | 22 | 1:28 | 22.45% | 765 |
| 4 | Hales | 22 | 1:28 | 19.47% | 658 |
| 6 | Farman | 17 | 1:37 | 11.64% | 515 |
| 7 | Ward | 16 | 1:39 | 1.29% | 14 |
| 8 | Skipper | 15 | 1:42 | 22.06% | 1,030 |
| 9 | Brooks | 14 | 1:45 | 4.79% | 239 |
| 9 | Buck | 14 | 1:45 | 5.02% | 247 |
| 11 | Soanes | 12 | 1:52 | 10.26% | 633 |
| 12 | Beckett | 11 | 1:57 | 5.64% | 382 |
| 13 | Farrow | 10 | 1:62 | 1.43% | 61 |
| 13 | Shearing | 10 | 1:62 | 16.95% | 1,158 |
| 13 | Grimmer | 10 | 1:62 | 18.87% | 1,243 |
| 16 | Harvey | 9 | 1:69 | 0.84% | 21 |
| 16 | Burgess | 9 | 1:69 | 2.39% | 166 |
| 16 | Barber | 9 | 1:69 | 0.95% | 28 |
| 16 | Howes | 9 | 1:69 | 3.50% | 274 |
| 20 | Smith | 8 | 1:78 | 0.10% | 1 |
| 20 | Edwards | 8 | 1:78 | 1.04% | 50 |
| 20 | Morris | 8 | 1:78 | 5.33% | 497 |
| 20 | Bailey | 8 | 1:78 | 1.37% | 81 |
| 20 | Woods | 8 | 1:78 | 0.65% | 15 |
| 20 | Kemp | 8 | 1:78 | 0.96% | 36 |
| 20 | Claxton | 8 | 1:78 | 8.33% | 776 |
| 20 | Rumsbey | 8 | 1:78 | 100.00% | 4,007 |
| 28 | Tubby | 7 | 1:89 | 15.91% | 1,403 |
| 28 | Godbolt | 7 | 1:89 | 31.82% | 2,213 |
| 28 | Jarmaney | 7 | 1:89 | 100.00% | 4,408 |
| 31 | Adams | 6 | 1:104 | 0.74% | 44 |
| 31 | Saul | 6 | 1:104 | 15.38% | 1,525 |
| 31 | Flatman | 6 | 1:104 | 4.38% | 545 |
| 31 | Chaston | 6 | 1:104 | 7.14% | 870 |
| 31 | Morter | 6 | 1:104 | 46.15% | 2,968 |
| 31 | Newark | 6 | 1:104 | 28.57% | 2,275 |
| 37 | Reynolds | 5 | 1:125 | 0.82% | 73 |
| 37 | Denton | 5 | 1:125 | 11.11% | 1,381 |
| 37 | Gower | 5 | 1:125 | 3.88% | 579 |
| 37 | Denny | 5 | 1:125 | 1.40% | 181 |
| 37 | Pole | 5 | 1:125 | 41.67% | 3,101 |
| 37 | Nickerson | 5 | 1:125 | 33.33% | 2,754 |
| 37 | Thurtle | 5 | 1:125 | 55.56% | 3,717 |
| 44 | Rowe | 4 | 1:156 | 1.16% | 186 |
| 44 | Coleman | 4 | 1:156 | 0.86% | 120 |
| 44 | Warner | 4 | 1:156 | 0.88% | 124 |
| 44 | Spence | 4 | 1:156 | 6.06% | 1,056 |
| 44 | Shore | 4 | 1:156 | 16.00% | 2,072 |
| 44 | Rivett | 4 | 1:156 | 2.29% | 435 |
| 44 | Amis | 4 | 1:156 | 21.05% | 2,429 |
| 44 | Kippen | 4 | 1:156 | 100.00% | 6,084 |
| 44 | Swatman | 4 | 1:156 | 12.50% | 1,766 |
| 44 | Wynes | 4 | 1:156 | 44.44% | 3,717 |
| 54 | Roberts | 3 | 1:208 | 0.90% | 202 |
| 54 | Pike | 3 | 1:208 | 3.57% | 870 |
| 54 | Hubbard | 3 | 1:208 | 0.80% | 169 |
| 54 | Horne | 3 | 1:208 | 2.48% | 615 |
| 54 | Hemming | 3 | 1:208 | 25.00% | 3,101 |
| 54 | Wales | 3 | 1:208 | 3.57% | 870 |
| 54 | Leggett | 3 | 1:208 | 0.57% | 97 |
| 54 | Abel | 3 | 1:208 | 15.79% | 2,429 |
| 54 | Minns | 3 | 1:208 | 2.91% | 731 |
| 54 | Kimpton | 3 | 1:208 | 60.00% | 5,441 |
| 54 | Kerrison | 3 | 1:208 | 4.11% | 980 |
| 54 | Hannant | 3 | 1:208 | 15.00% | 2,347 |
| 54 | Pestell | 3 | 1:208 | 50.00% | 4,877 |
| 54 | Larkman | 3 | 1:208 | 37.50% | 4,007 |
| 68 | Wilson | 2 | 1:312 | 0.35% | 82 |
| 68 | Wright | 2 | 1:312 | 0.09% | 4 |
| 68 | Miller | 2 | 1:312 | 0.35% | 84 |
| 68 | Saunders | 2 | 1:312 | 0.43% | 118 |
| 68 | Williamson | 2 | 1:312 | 5.88% | 1,694 |
| 68 | Houghton | 2 | 1:312 | 1.55% | 579 |
| 68 | Hood | 2 | 1:312 | 0.92% | 331 |
| 68 | Reeve | 2 | 1:312 | 0.25% | 45 |
| 68 | Low | 2 | 1:312 | 18.18% | 3,281 |
| 68 | Buxton | 2 | 1:312 | 1.04% | 387 |
| 68 | Squires | 2 | 1:312 | 5.88% | 1,694 |
| 68 | Chester | 2 | 1:312 | 7.69% | 2,023 |
| 68 | Gooch | 2 | 1:312 | 0.36% | 89 |
| 68 | Knights | 2 | 1:312 | 0.21% | 29 |
| 68 | Stannard | 2 | 1:312 | 0.27% | 57 |
| 68 | Fisk | 2 | 1:312 | 0.34% | 79 |
| 68 | Eccleston | 2 | 1:312 | 66.67% | 6,900 |
| 68 | Thrower | 2 | 1:312 | 1.19% | 452 |
| 68 | Botwright | 2 | 1:312 | 1.36% | 511 |
| 68 | Hobbles | 2 | 1:312 | 100.00% | 7,894 |
| 68 | Neslen | 2 | 1:312 | 66.67% | 6,900 |
| 89 | Brown | 1 | 1:624 | 0.04% | 2 |
| 89 | Johnson | 1 | 1:624 | 0.12% | 41 |
| 89 | Robinson | 1 | 1:624 | 0.12% | 38 |
| 89 | Watson | 1 | 1:624 | 0.18% | 93 |
| 89 | Baker | 1 | 1:624 | 0.06% | 9 |
| 89 | Stone | 1 | 1:624 | 0.31% | 211 |
| 89 | Nicholson | 1 | 1:624 | 5.00% | 2,347 |
| 89 | Read | 1 | 1:624 | 0.10% | 24 |
| 89 | Sutton | 1 | 1:624 | 0.38% | 267 |
| 89 | Norman | 1 | 1:624 | 0.19% | 101 |
| 89 | Godfrey | 1 | 1:624 | 0.85% | 633 |
| 89 | Bush | 1 | 1:624 | 0.88% | 654 |
| 89 | Woodhouse | 1 | 1:624 | 5.26% | 2,429 |
| 89 | Fryer | 1 | 1:624 | 3.13% | 1,766 |
| 89 | Slack | 1 | 1:624 | 14.29% | 4,408 |
| 89 | Crisp | 1 | 1:624 | 0.23% | 129 |
| 89 | Laws | 1 | 1:624 | 0.53% | 404 |
| 89 | Crowe | 1 | 1:624 | 0.61% | 460 |
| 89 | Morse | 1 | 1:624 | 2.33% | 1,427 |
| 89 | Bee | 1 | 1:624 | 10.00% | 3,464 |
| 89 | Calver | 1 | 1:624 | 0.24% | 145 |
| 89 | Aldous | 1 | 1:624 | 0.20% | 107 |
| 89 | Powley | 1 | 1:624 | 2.86% | 1,649 |
| 89 | Benfield | 1 | 1:624 | 50.00% | 7,894 |
| 89 | Stebbings | 1 | 1:624 | 0.79% | 587 |
| 89 | Redgrave | 1 | 1:624 | 0.69% | 524 |
| 89 | Shreeve | 1 | 1:624 | 3.23% | 1,814 |
| 89 | Burrage | 1 | 1:624 | 1.96% | 1,277 |
| 89 | Jermy | 1 | 1:624 | 7.69% | 2,968 |
| 89 | Chalker | 1 | 1:624 | 10.00% | 3,464 |
| 89 | Pottle | 1 | 1:624 | 4.35% | 2,163 |
| 89 | Woodthorpe | 1 | 1:624 | 9.09% | 3,281 |
| 89 | Pembroke | 1 | 1:624 | 2.63% | 1,562 |
| 89 | Timbers | 1 | 1:624 | 50.00% | 7,894 |
| 89 | Pigney | 1 | 1:624 | 5.88% | 2,583 |
| 89 | Pestle | 1 | 1:624 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 89 | Leusley | 1 | 1:624 | 100.00% | 9,362 |