Withersfield Genealogical Records
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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 Withersfield listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
An index to marriages in between 1700 and 1710, listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
Abstracts of around 8,000 records containing details of parties who intended to marry.
Abstracts of marriage licences from the Sudbury Archdeaconry. These records may contain more details than marriage registers, including occupations, ages and parents' names.
Withersfield 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 the Virgin, Withersfield_. 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.
Withersfield 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 Withersfield
Original images of a local newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the Cambridge area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
A local newspaper including news from the Cambridge area, family announcements, business notices, advertisements, legal & governmental proceedings 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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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 Withersfield
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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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 Withersfield
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.
Withersfield 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.
Withersfield 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
WITHERSFIELD is a parish on the Cambridgeshire border, 1 ½ males north-west from Haverhill station on the Colne Valley section of the Great Eastern railway, an the Southern division of the county, Risbridge hundred, petty sessional division and union, Haverhill county court district, rural deanery of Clare, archdeaconry of Sudbury and diocese of Ely. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a building of flint and stone, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower with turret at south-eastern angle containing 5 bells: the chancel is Early English: the chancel arch and rood screen are of Perpendicular date: the screen towards the west has been repainted and gilded, but the carved work is very much fuller and richer in detail on the eastern face; over this screen was the rood, to which the following entry in Dowsing probably refers:-“Jan. 6, 1643. We brake down a cructifix and sixty superstitious pictures, and gave orders for the levelling the steps in the chancel:” the north aisle appears to have been built by one Robert Wyburgh, or Whybrow, and a small brass, set in a wooden frame and inserted in the wall near the east end, bears this inscription:-“Orate pro animabus Robert Wyburgh et benefactorum suorum, qui istam ylam (aisle) fieri fecerunt:” the rest of the church is Perpendicular: a number of the benches have fine poppyheads, one of which represents St. Michael weighing souls and another St. George and the Dragon: the pulpit is Jacobean: the iron ring handle to the door leading from the porch into the church is deserving of notice and of careful preservation: the font is octagonal, and three of its panels are enriched by geometrical tracery and the five others bear shields of arms: within the sacrarium is a large black marble slab bearing a shield of arms and inscription to Sir John Jacob, of West Wratting, Baronet, d. 31 March, 1740; a similar slab commemorates the Rev. Abraham Oakes LL.D., J.P. a former rector of this parish and son-in-law of Sir John Jacob, bart. d. 22 June, 1756. The chancel was rebuilt during the incumbency of the late Rev. William Mayd MA. rector from 1827, when also a south aisle was added and the interior substantially restored: in January, 1896, a new organ was provided: there are 400 sittings. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £410, with 38 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Mrs. Ayling, and held since 1896 by the Rev. William John Ayling. The rectory house, at the east end of the church, was built by Sir John Jacob baronet, of West Wratting, for his son-in-law, the Rev. Abraham Oakes LL.D, of Trinity College, Cambridge, who held the rectory, jointly with that of Long Melford, and was the author of many valuable religious tracts. Among the rectors of Withersfield was Vincent Peirse, prebendary of Norwich and chaplain to James the First and Charles the Second, who died in 1673, and was buried in the choir of Norwich Cathedral; Bardsley Fisher, master of Sidney College, Cambridge, 1703—4, and vice-chancellor, died while rector here, and was buried in the chapel of that college: another of the rectors was the Rev. Thomas Barnard, master of the Grammar School at Leeds and a kings chaplain, who died in 1782, and was interred on the north side of the churchyard, but forbade any epitaph to be placed over his remains; an inscription in Latin, was, however, eventually placed to this rector by one of his parishioners on the east face of the pyramidal tomb, built for himself in the north-west corner of the churchyard. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1893. There are charities, one consisting of 3 acres of land, producing £1 10s. a year, which is applied to church expenses; the donor is unknown; the proceeds of another charity, bequeathed by the late Miss Heylin, and consisting of £100, invested in Consols, producing £10 yearly, are distributed in coals and clothing, with the exception of £1 which is applied to the Sunday school. An account of Roman antiquities found at Withersfield is preserved in Davy’s Collections, 19,103, copied from Cole’s MSS. xxxi. pp. 91, 92, where are drawings of nine articles found in 1759. Charles Foster Ryder esq. of Little Thurlow Hall and Scarcroft, near Leeds, Yorkshire, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is heavy; subsoil, clay. The crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas and roots. The area is 2,452 acres; rateable value, £2,610; the population in 1891 was 634.
National School (mixed), erected for 150 children; average attendance, 115.
Most Common Surnames in Withersfield
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Risbridge Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moore | 49 | 1:12 | 4.11% | 17 |
| 2 | Rowlinson | 33 | 1:17 | 56.90% | 1,167 |
| 3 | Bradnam | 32 | 1:18 | 47.06% | 1,030 |
| 4 | Kiddy | 29 | 1:20 | 47.54% | 1,123 |
| 5 | Cornell | 19 | 1:30 | 8.84% | 338 |
| 6 | Paxman | 18 | 1:32 | 34.62% | 1,263 |
| 7 | Kimmence | 17 | 1:34 | 65.38% | 2,023 |
| 8 | Williams | 16 | 1:36 | 4.24% | 165 |
| 8 | Brown | 16 | 1:36 | 0.62% | 2 |
| 10 | Martin | 14 | 1:41 | 1.61% | 34 |
| 10 | Medcalf | 14 | 1:41 | 12.84% | 688 |
| 12 | Metcalf | 13 | 1:44 | 25.49% | 1,277 |
| 12 | Skelton | 13 | 1:44 | 43.33% | 1,861 |
| 12 | Cornwell | 13 | 1:44 | 17.57% | 969 |
| 12 | Hazlewood | 13 | 1:44 | 20.31% | 1,080 |
| 16 | Jacobs | 12 | 1:48 | 3.74% | 211 |
| 17 | Chapman | 11 | 1:52 | 1.23% | 32 |
| 17 | Leech | 11 | 1:52 | 3.24% | 193 |
| 19 | Shanks | 10 | 1:58 | 58.82% | 2,583 |
| 19 | Kemmence | 10 | 1:58 | 100.00% | 3,464 |
| 21 | Darking | 9 | 1:64 | 24.32% | 1,600 |
| 22 | Wallace | 8 | 1:72 | 5.93% | 554 |
| 22 | Whiting | 8 | 1:72 | 1.67% | 114 |
| 22 | Lindsew | 8 | 1:72 | 100.00% | 4,007 |
| 25 | Thompson | 7 | 1:82 | 0.92% | 52 |
| 25 | Bowyer | 7 | 1:82 | 4.64% | 494 |
| 25 | Haylock | 7 | 1:82 | 9.09% | 945 |
| 25 | Free | 7 | 1:82 | 19.44% | 1,620 |
| 29 | Webb | 6 | 1:96 | 0.53% | 18 |
| 29 | Marchant | 6 | 1:96 | 42.86% | 2,863 |
| 29 | Wiseman | 6 | 1:96 | 3.21% | 404 |
| 29 | Suckling | 6 | 1:96 | 15.00% | 1,498 |
| 29 | Tilbrook | 6 | 1:96 | 13.64% | 1,403 |
| 29 | Begmore | 6 | 1:96 | 100.00% | 4,877 |
| 35 | Coates | 5 | 1:115 | 3.70% | 554 |
| 35 | Betts | 5 | 1:115 | 1.34% | 168 |
| 35 | Everett | 5 | 1:115 | 1.24% | 150 |
| 35 | Honeywood | 5 | 1:115 | 5.62% | 831 |
| 35 | Heckford | 5 | 1:115 | 27.78% | 2,498 |
| 35 | Tatt | 5 | 1:115 | 100.00% | 5,441 |
| 41 | Bridge | 4 | 1:144 | 2.99% | 558 |
| 41 | Basham | 4 | 1:144 | 2.09% | 393 |
| 41 | Gilbey | 4 | 1:144 | 50.00% | 4,007 |
| 41 | Notley | 4 | 1:144 | 5.41% | 969 |
| 41 | Furbank | 4 | 1:144 | 28.57% | 2,863 |
| 41 | Rookard | 4 | 1:144 | 100.00% | 6,084 |
| 41 | Dockwell | 4 | 1:144 | 100.00% | 6,084 |
| 48 | Mason | 3 | 1:192 | 0.59% | 103 |
| 48 | Potter | 3 | 1:192 | 0.43% | 62 |
| 48 | Kemp | 3 | 1:192 | 0.36% | 36 |
| 48 | Binks | 3 | 1:192 | 5.77% | 1,263 |
| 48 | Decks | 3 | 1:192 | 60.00% | 5,441 |
| 48 | Kimmince | 3 | 1:192 | 100.00% | 6,900 |
| 54 | Marshall | 2 | 1:288 | 0.71% | 244 |
| 54 | Nunn | 2 | 1:288 | 0.15% | 12 |
| 54 | Swann | 2 | 1:288 | 1.82% | 682 |
| 54 | Goodchild | 2 | 1:288 | 0.52% | 158 |
| 54 | Pettit | 2 | 1:288 | 0.49% | 148 |
| 54 | Rowlingson | 2 | 1:288 | 5.26% | 1,562 |
| 54 | Westly | 2 | 1:288 | 50.00% | 6,084 |
| 54 | Crackwell | 2 | 1:288 | 66.67% | 6,900 |
| 54 | Hazewood | 2 | 1:288 | 100.00% | 7,894 |
| 54 | Wisbom | 2 | 1:288 | 100.00% | 7,894 |
| 64 | Wright | 1 | 1:575 | 0.05% | 4 |
| 64 | Morris | 1 | 1:575 | 0.67% | 497 |
| 64 | Palmer | 1 | 1:575 | 0.11% | 31 |
| 64 | Stevens | 1 | 1:575 | 0.43% | 316 |
| 64 | Freeman | 1 | 1:575 | 0.26% | 163 |
| 64 | Preston | 1 | 1:575 | 0.96% | 726 |
| 64 | Bacon | 1 | 1:575 | 0.35% | 243 |
| 64 | Jeffery | 1 | 1:575 | 1.12% | 831 |
| 64 | Mansfield | 1 | 1:575 | 0.93% | 705 |
| 64 | Ripley | 1 | 1:575 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 64 | Petch | 1 | 1:575 | 0.57% | 436 |
| 64 | FitzJohn | 1 | 1:575 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 64 | Spellman | 1 | 1:575 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 64 | Bloxam | 1 | 1:575 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 64 | Nightengale | 1 | 1:575 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 64 | Sucklin | 1 | 1:575 | 100.00% | 9,362 |
| 64 | Orble | 1 | 1:575 | 100.00% | 9,362 |