East Bergholt St. Mary the Virgin

Fen Lane, East Bergholt ?1817 John Constable 1776-1837 Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Art Fund (with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation), with additional assistance from Sir Edwin and Lady Manton and Tate Members in memory of Leslie Parris, Deputy Keeper British Collection and Senior Research Fellow Collections Division 1974-2000, and from the bequest of Alice Cooper Creed, 2002

Transcriptions from the parish registers of St Mary the Virgin, East Bergholt, held at SRO. They can also be searched for at FreeREG.

Headstones from this churchyard, and also from East Bergholt’s municipal cemetery, are included in the Gravestone Photographic Resource project.

Notes

Maiden names appear in baptisms and burials from 1785-1812.
In burials 1765-1782, the letter A or M is written beside each entry. It isn’t clear what this indicates, but might mean “adult” and “minor”. Some causes of death are given as well.
You’ll find the birth recorded for the artist John Constable amongst the baptisms, as well as many other records pertaining to his family in East Bergholt.
There are a lot of entries for people from north-east Essex in East Bergholt.

Baptisms

1682-1725: 1,050 baptisms (248KB – PDF)
1726-1770: 993 baptisms (166KB – PDF)
1771-1799: 894 baptisms (213KB – PDF)
1800-1812: 371 baptisms (114KB – PDF)
1892-1900: 185 baptisms (83KB – PDF)

Burials

1727-1770: 1,025 burials (170KB – PDF)
1771-1809: 884 burials (199KB – PDF)
1810-1824: 278 burials (86KB – PDF)

Marriages

1682-1754

Alphabetically by groom surname: 365 marriages (102KB – PDF)
Alphabetically by bride surname: 365 marriages (102KB – PDF)

1754-1804

Alphabetically by groom surname: 416 marriages (155KB – PDF)
Alphabetically by bride surname: 416 marriages (161KB – PDF)