Over 1,000 burials for Birch, Essex, from 1560-1755 now online! That’s my last update for Birch.
Coming soon: lots more Suffolk transcriptions!
Birch burials
Essex Regiment memorial
In the summer, I visited the National Arboretum in Staffordshire. Among the many memorials to various military regiments, I found this memorial to the Essex Regiment. My grandma’s Uncle Bill (who you may have read about before, when I identified his photo) was serving with them when he was injured at the Somme. He passed away in the early 1980s.
Bildeston burials
Over 1,000 burials for Bildeston, Suffolk, from 1558 to 1630, now online.
There’s quite a lot going on in these transcriptions, as there’s not one but two epidemics that rush through the parish, in 1583, and 1603-1604. Having lived through covid, I’m sure we’re all that bit more sympathetic now towards the people who were affected by epidenics back then.
Birch marriages
Over 300 marriages for Birch, Essex, from 1560-1753, now online!
Bildeston
Nearly 1,000 baptisms for Bildeston, Suffolk, from 1560-1610, now online! More transcriptions for this busy wool town to follow.
East Bergholt burials
Over 1,300 burials for East Bergholt in Suffolk, from 1682 to 1727.
And that’s the last of my East Bergholt transcriptions. Look out for more transcriptions from Birch in Essex, plus many more Suffolk transcriptions!
The image above shows all that’s left of the tomb of Anna Parker of East Bergholt, who died in 1656. She was the wife of Henry Parker and the daughter of William Cardinall and Mary Derehaugh. The camel on the right was the Cardinall’s crest. The bear is presumbly that of the Parker’s. You can just about see the remains of her painted coat of arms in the middle, with a huge number of quarterings, but sadly they’re barely visible now.
Birch baptisms
Nearly 1,400 baptisms for Birch, Essex, now online from 1560 to 1754.
East Bergholt marriages
Marriages from 1661-1680 for East Bergholt, Suffolk, now online, bringing you nearly 900 marriages for this busy wool town from 1661 to 1804.
East Bergholt burials
More East Bergholt burials online – from 1656 to 1682. It was a busy place in the seventeenth century, with 1,200 burials in less than three decades!
The image shows the memorial brass for Robert Alefounder in St Mary’s church, East Bergholt, who died in 1639. Unfortunately, he passed away before the surviving records for the parish began, but it’s a brilliant image showing how a wealthy man of the period would’ve dressed.
More Copford baptisms!
Over 500 baptisms for Copford, Essex, now online!
That’s me done now for Copford, but watch out for Birch transcriptions coming soon, and more for Bures St Mary, too!