Blythburgh genealogy heraldry and family history resources

         
 
 
Description

Blythburgh, an ancient but decayed town and a parish in Suffolk. The town stands on the river Blythe, 4 1/2 miles ESE of Halesworth, and it has a station on the Halesworth and Southwold railway. It has a post office under Halesworth, which is the money order and telegraph office. It was formerly a market-town of some note, but it suffered severely from a fire and other events in the 17th century, and went into decay. A priory of Black Canons stood here ; was given by Henry I. to St Osyth's Abbey in Essex; and passed at the dissolution to Sir Arthur Hopton ; and some trifling remains of its buildings still exist. The parish includes also the hamlets of Hinton and Bulcamp. Acreage, 4325 ; population, 746. A battle between Anna, King of East Anglia, and Penda, King of Mercia, in which the former was slain, was fought at Bulcamp in 654. The living is a vicarage, united with Walberswick, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net yearly value, £140 with residence. The church is a fine building of stone in the Perpendicular style, and has painted windows, a font, and remains of ancient monuments. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and the Blything workhouse.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5


Census

Below are links to all of the Blythburgh census returns available online, with the dates the census' were taken
6th June 1841
30th March 1851
7th April 1861
2nd April 1871
3rd April 1881
5th April 1891
31st March 1901