Nettlestead Genealogical Records
Nettlestead 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.
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.
An index to over 100,000 birth and christening notices from The London Times.
Nettlestead 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.
An index to marriages in Nettlestead listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
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.
Nettlestead 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 St Mary, Nettlestead_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
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.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of death and burial records that cover over 140 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Nettlestead 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 Nettlestead
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Ipswich area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
A local paper including news from the Ipswich area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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 Nettlestead
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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead Church Records
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.
Documentation for those baptised, married and buried at England. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Biographical Directories Covering Nettlestead
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.
Nettlestead 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.
Nettlestead 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.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Nettlestead, and Nettlestead-hall, famous in Suffolk song, lie about two miles from the left of Barham. The lordship of Nettlestead belonged to the Earls of Richmond and Brittany, from the Norman Conquest to the 17th of Henry II. when Conan the last earl died. Coming into the Wentworth family in 1450, the representative of it was, in the 2nd of Henry VIII., summoned to parliament by writ, as Lord Wentworth of Nettlestead, to which honour Charles I. added the earldom of Cleveland. It ultimately came into the Bradley family; from them to the late General Philipson; and finally was purchased by Mr. Lionel Henry Moore, in the year 1813.
The remains of the old hall, situated near the church, were to be seen nearly in their pristine state till within a few years past. Great part of the wall that surrounded the old mansion is still existing, with the gate-way; and on the spandrils of the arch are two shields, sculptured with the Wentworth arms, and other numerous quarterings. The mansion has been lately modernized by the present proprietor.
Henrietta Maria, the sole daughter and heir of Thomas Wentworth, who died in 1686, was the celebrated and beloved mistress of the unfortunate Duke of Monmouth. She was a woman of an elegant person, most engaging manners, and the highest accomplishments. She resided many years at Toddington, in Bedfordshire, with the duke her lover, whose attachment to her continued till his death; just before which he acknowledged to two prelates and other divines who attended him, "that he and Lady Wentworth had lived in all points like man and wife; "but they could not make him confess it was adultery. He acknowledged that he and his duchess were married by the law of the land, and therefore his children might inherit, if the king pleased. But he did not consider what he did when he married her. Since that time, having conceived an affection for Lady Wentworth, he said he had prayed that it might continue, and it did continue, and therefore he doubted not it was pleasing to God, and that this was a marriage; their choice of one another being guided by judgment upon due consideration. When he addressed himself to the people from the scaffold, he said Lady Wentworth was a woman of great honour and virtue, a religious and godly lady. He was again told by some of the divines, of his living in adultery with her; he said, No; for these two years past he had not lived in any sin that he knew of; and that he was sure, when he died, to go to God, and therefore he did not fear death, which they might see in his face.
Under these delusions, destructive of all order and social happiness, the brother of Charles II met his death with a courage rather chivalrous than rational, and Lady Wentworth, the lamented object of his passion, is said to have died broken-hearted in consequence of the duke’s untimely end. Mrs, Cobbold, of Holy Wells, Ipswich, has thus described Lady Wentworth and her royal paramour.
Through th' echoing covert the bugle resounds
The shouts of the chace and the cry of the hounds,
And gallantly riding the hunters are seen,
In bonnets and feathers, and surcoats of green:
The merry Lord Lovelace is leading them all,
To feast with his cousin in Nettlestead-hill.
That cousin is wealthy, that cousin is fair,
Is Wentworth’s and Cleveland’s and Nettlestead’s heir:
Her smile is the sunshine of innocent youth,
Her heart is the throne of affection and truth;
Her dark glossy ringlets luxuriantly flow,
Contrasting and arching her forehead of snow;
The flowret of beauty and sweetness they call
Henrietta, the lily of Nettlestead-hall.
A stranger, in manhood and gallantry’s pride,
The merry Lord Lovelace has plac’d by her side:
Forbidden his station and name to disclose,
She calls him, "Sir Alured, Knight of the Rose."
How winning his graces and courtesy prove,
His ardent affection soon fixes her love;
And secretly wedlock’s soft fetters enthral
Henrietta, the beauty of Nettlestead-hall.
What pages mysterious has fate to unfold!
Her husband is Monmouth, the royal and bold;
And he whom she trusted as loyal and true,
Had previously wedded the heir of Buccleugh!
NETTLESTEAD is a parish and village, miles west from Claydon station on the Ipswich and Norwich section of the Great Eastern railway and 6 north-west from. Ipswich, in the South Eastern division of the county, Bosmere hundred, and Bosmere and Claydon petty sessional division and union, Ipswich county court district, rural deanery of Bosmere, archdeaconry of Suffolk and diocese of Norwich. The church of St. Mary is an edifice of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and square western embattled tower containing one bell: the east window is stained: the church contains a monument to Samuel Sayer and his wife, who died in the reign of Charles I.: there is an ancient octagonal font: the church was restored and reseated in 1897 from designs of Mr. H. Green, architect, of Norwich, and affords 140 sittings. The register dates from the year 1618. The living is a rectory, with Little Blakenham annexed, joint net yearly value £220, with 3 acres of glebe, in the gift of and held since 1895 by the Rev. Wm. Arthur French B.A. of University College, Durham, who resides at Little Blakenham. At Nettlestead Hall, now a farm house, there is an ancient gateway, on which are the quarterings of the Wentworth family, who were formerly lords of the manor and chief landowners. Captain E. G. Pretyman M.P. of Orwell Park, is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Edward Snell, Thomas Dedman, Thomas Carthew esqrs. and the trustees of the late John Cooke. The soil is variable; subsoil, clay and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and roots. The parish contains 991 acres; rateable value, £814; the population in 1891 was 62. By Local Government Orders, which came into operation March 25th, 1884, a detached part of this parish was amalgamated with Somersham and at the same date Offton and Willisham were added to Nettlestead.
The children attend the school at Baylham.
Most Common Surnames in Nettlestead
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Bosmere and Claydon Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laflin | 11 | 1:9 | 11.11% | 759 |
| 2 | Pilbro | 9 | 1:11 | 52.94% | 2,583 |
| 3 | Cobb | 8 | 1:12 | 5.33% | 497 |
| 3 | Deaves | 8 | 1:12 | 11.11% | 994 |
| 5 | Barrell | 7 | 1:14 | 3.26% | 338 |
| 5 | Pryke | 7 | 1:14 | 1.46% | 114 |
| 7 | Oates | 6 | 1:17 | 46.15% | 2,968 |
| 7 | Emsden | 6 | 1:17 | 7.23% | 881 |
| 7 | Lafflin | 6 | 1:17 | 46.15% | 2,968 |
| 10 | Snell | 4 | 1:25 | 1.12% | 179 |
| 10 | Bridges | 4 | 1:25 | 1.25% | 211 |
| 12 | Clarke | 3 | 1:33 | 0.12% | 3 |
| 12 | Warren | 3 | 1:33 | 0.51% | 80 |
| 14 | Roper | 2 | 1:50 | 0.52% | 160 |
| 14 | Percy | 2 | 1:50 | 2.02% | 759 |
| 14 | Mullens | 2 | 1:50 | 100.00% | 7,894 |
| 14 | Battrum | 2 | 1:50 | 10.00% | 2,347 |
| 18 | Clark | 1 | 1:99 | 0.11% | 29 |
| 18 | Cox | 1 | 1:99 | 0.37% | 262 |
| 18 | Lambert | 1 | 1:99 | 0.13% | 48 |
| 18 | Willis | 1 | 1:99 | 0.46% | 333 |
| 18 | Drury | 1 | 1:99 | 1.23% | 904 |
| 18 | Groom | 1 | 1:99 | 0.51% | 378 |
| 18 | Aldred | 1 | 1:99 | 0.33% | 232 |
| 18 | Minns | 1 | 1:99 | 0.97% | 731 |
| 18 | Alden | 1 | 1:99 | 2.86% | 1,649 |