West Stow Genealogical Records
West Stow 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 searchable transcript of West Stow baptism registers. The transcriptions essentially record births in and around West Stow between 1558 and 1850. Details may include residence, father's occupation and more.
Transcriptions of records from baptism registers. They document parents' names, date of baptism and/or birth, residence, occupations and more.
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.
West Stow 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.
Brief notes on marriages occurring in West Stow from 1813 to 1836.
A transcript of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. Details given on the bride and groom may include their age, father's name, marital status, residence and signature.
A searchable transcript recording marriages solemnised at West Stow between 1558 and 1850. Details may include residence, marital status and witnesses.
Abstracts of around 8,000 records containing details of parties who intended to marry.
West Stow 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.
A searchable transcription of the burial registers of West Stow. Burials are the primary source for pre-1837 death documentation. They may record the date and or death of the deceased, their age, residence, name of a relations and more.
A searchable transcription of the burial registers of the church. Burials are the primary source for pre-1837 death documentation. They may record the date and or death of the deceased, their age, residence, names of a relations and more.
Burial records covering those buried at St Mary, West Stow_. 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.
West Stow 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 West Stow
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.
West Stow 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.
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.
An index to over 10,000 names occurring in Suffolk wills.
An index to early wills proved at the Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury and the Commissary Court of Bury St. Edmunds.
West Stow 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.
West Stow 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.
West Stow Court & Legal Records
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.
Digital images of ledgers recording those registered to vote, searchable by an index of 220 million names. Entries list name, address, qualification to vote, description of property and sometimes age and occupation.
West Stow 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.
West Stow Land & Property 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.
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.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
West Stow 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.
West Stow 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.
West Stow 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.
West Stow 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.
West Stow 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.
West Stow 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 West Stow
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.
West Stow 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.
West Stow Church Records
The parish registers of West Stow are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths from 1558 to 1850.
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 West Stow
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.
West Stow 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.
West Stow 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
WEST STOW is a parish on the north bank of the river Lark, 2 ½ miles west from Ingham station on the Bury and Thetford branch of the Great Eastern railway, and 4 north-north-west from Bury St. Edmunds, in the North Western division of the county, Thingoe and Thedwastre petty sessional division, Blackbourn hundred, Thingoe union, Bury St. Edmunds county court district, rural deanery of Thingoe, archdeaconry of Sudbury and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Mary is a building of stone and flint in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and embattled western tower containing 6 bells and a clock, presented in 1884: there are memorial windows to the Rev. E. R. Benyon, of Culford Hall, d. 7 July, 1883, and Jane, his wife, d. Jan. 1876: a new organ was provided in 1884, at a cost of £136, in memory of Rev. E. R. Benyon: there are 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a discharged rectory, with that of Wordwell annexed, joint net yearly value £170, with 30 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Richard Benyon Berens esq. of St. Mary Cray, Kent, and held since 1882 by the Rev. Arthur Hamilton Pemberton MA. of Christ’s College, Cambridge. West Stow Hall, built in the 16th century, a singular specimen of brick construction, was the residence of Sir John Croftes bart. master of the horse to Mary Tudor, Dowager Queen of France, whose arms, with those of her second husband, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, are distinguishable on the exterior of the building; in the room of the gate house are some paintings on the wall, representing four periods of a man’s life-A youth hawking is inscribed “Thus do I all the day;” a young man making love to a maiden is made to say, “Thus do I while I may;”a middle-aged man pointing to a young couple, “Thus did I while I might;” while the aged man hobbling onwards bitterly exclaims, “Good Lord, will this world last for ever ?” The Hall is now occupied by a farm steward. Earl Cadogan K.G., P.C. is lord of the manor and sole owner of the land. The soil is light and sandy; subsoil, clay and chalk. The chief crops are rye, barley and lupine, and a portion of pasture land. The area is 2,937 acres of land and 4 of water; assessable value, £1,104; the population in 1891 was 193.
National School (mixed), erected in 1846, to hold 60 children; average attendance, 49.
Most Common Surnames in West Stow
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Blackbourn Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorling | 21 | 1:9 | 8.30% | 278 |
| 2 | Arbin | 15 | 1:13 | 65.22% | 2,163 |
| 3 | Marsh | 14 | 1:13 | 3.84% | 175 |
| 4 | Foreman | 11 | 1:17 | 3.11% | 184 |
| 5 | Seaden | 9 | 1:21 | 69.23% | 2,968 |
| 6 | Jolly | 7 | 1:27 | 2.51% | 247 |
| 6 | Forman | 7 | 1:27 | 21.21% | 1,731 |
| 8 | Wright | 6 | 1:31 | 0.27% | 4 |
| 8 | Clarke | 6 | 1:31 | 0.24% | 3 |
| 8 | Holmes | 6 | 1:31 | 1.52% | 154 |
| 8 | Bird | 6 | 1:31 | 0.54% | 19 |
| 8 | Fenner | 6 | 1:31 | 10.53% | 1,182 |
| 8 | Craske | 6 | 1:31 | 10.34% | 1,167 |
| 14 | Evans | 5 | 1:38 | 2.39% | 351 |
| 14 | Palmer | 5 | 1:38 | 0.53% | 31 |
| 14 | Hensby | 5 | 1:38 | 8.93% | 1,196 |
| 17 | Mead | 4 | 1:47 | 3.77% | 714 |
| 17 | Rolfe | 4 | 1:47 | 1.19% | 197 |
| 17 | Murrell | 4 | 1:47 | 4.30% | 800 |
| 17 | Rickwood | 4 | 1:47 | 20.00% | 2,347 |
| 21 | Hayden | 3 | 1:63 | 42.86% | 4,408 |
| 21 | Vale | 3 | 1:63 | 7.32% | 1,472 |
| 21 | Bartle | 3 | 1:63 | 15.79% | 2,429 |
| 21 | Devereux | 3 | 1:63 | 4.62% | 1,073 |
| 25 | Fuller | 2 | 1:94 | 0.33% | 74 |
| 25 | Griggs | 2 | 1:94 | 0.75% | 266 |
| 25 | Arbon | 2 | 1:94 | 1.18% | 443 |
| 25 | Cheason | 2 | 1:94 | 20.00% | 3,464 |
| 29 | Johnson | 1 | 1:188 | 0.12% | 41 |
| 29 | Dixon | 1 | 1:188 | 0.81% | 598 |
| 29 | Norman | 1 | 1:188 | 0.19% | 101 |
| 29 | Steele | 1 | 1:188 | 1.52% | 1,056 |
| 29 | Darby | 1 | 1:188 | 2.13% | 1,336 |
| 29 | Dawes | 1 | 1:188 | 3.85% | 2,023 |
| 29 | Jarman | 1 | 1:188 | 1.04% | 776 |
| 29 | Spalding | 1 | 1:188 | 0.39% | 275 |
| 29 | Crick | 1 | 1:188 | 0.34% | 237 |
| 29 | Avis | 1 | 1:188 | 1.10% | 818 |
| 29 | Argent | 1 | 1:188 | 0.69% | 524 |
| 29 | Elmer | 1 | 1:188 | 0.41% | 300 |
| 29 | Weavers | 1 | 1:188 | 0.54% | 411 |
| 29 | Sandon | 1 | 1:188 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 29 | Bud | 1 | 1:188 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 29 | Dorose | 1 | 1:188 | 100.00% | 9,362 |