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Suffolk Archives - Lowestoft Branch
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Lowestoft Library
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NR32 1DR
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Businesses (69)
- Allied Breweries Ltd Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- AM Turner, dentist Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Andrew Anderson, architect Driffield, Yorkshire
- Arthur Pells, architect Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles Working Mens Co-operative Association Ltd Beccles, Suffolk
- Brooke Marine Ltd, shipbuilders Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Bull & Bull, solicitors London
- C & E Morton Ltd, manufacturers of preserved provision, jams, pickles and sauces Lowestoft, Suffolk
- C Marston, miller Bungay, Suffolk
- Chamberlins, solicitors Beccles, Suffolk
- Chipperfield Bros, butchers Kessingland, Suffolk
- Colby Fish Selling Co Ltd Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd, cannery and preserved food factory Lowestoft, Suffolk;Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
- Cross Ram, solicitors Halesworth, Suffolk
- CWV & CDV Marjoram, taxi proprietors Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Darby Brothers Ltd, timber merchants Beccles, Suffolk
- Dudley Willis Collings, medical practitioner, Southwold Southwold, Suffolk
- East Anglia Water Company
- Eastern Angles Theatre Ipswich, Suffolk
- Eastern Coach Works Ltd, omnibus builders Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Elliott & Garrood Ltd, marine and general engineers Beccles, Suffolk
- Fosters, solicitors Lowestoft, Suffolk
- George Gage & Son, horse cab proprietors Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Gisleham Brick Works Gisleham, Suffolk
- Golden Sands Holiday Camp Ltd Hopton, Suffolk
- Green & Co (Lowestoft) Ltd, printers Lowestoft, Suffolk
- H & J Read, auctioneers, valuers and land agents Beccles, Suffolk
- Halesworth Brewery Halesworth, Suffolk
- Henry Chapman, confectioner and restaurant owner Southwold, Suffolk
- Herbert & Tripp, medical practitioners, Southwold Southwold, Suffolk
- Holkar Fishing Co Ltd Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Homestead Farm South Elmham All Saints, Suffolk
- J & J Edwards, outfitters, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- J Colby, boat owner Pakefield, Suffolk
- J D Emms, ship chandler, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- J Riches, pilot Lowestoft, Suffolk
- J Rose, signwriter and gravier Lowestoft, Suffolk
- J Sewell, plumber Oulton Broad, Suffolk
- John Chambers Ltd, shipbuilders and marine engineers Lowestoft, Suffolk
- John Garrould Oldrin, Hollies Farm Rushmere, Suffolk
- JW Leggett Ltd, engineers and haulage contractors Beccles, Suffolk
- London & North Eastern Railway Co London
- Lowestoft Mutual Fishing Vessel Insurance Society Ltd Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Steam Herring Drifters Co Ltd Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Trawlers United Insurance Association Ltd Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Water & Gas Co Lowestoft, Suffolk
- LW Waller, fish merchants Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Mary Ann Betts, midwife Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Mobbs Bros Ltd, builders Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Morse & Woods Brewery, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- R Clay & Sons Ltd, printers Bungay, Suffolk
- R Soanes, fishing skipper Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Richards (Shipbuilders) Ltd, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Rookery Farm, Westhall Westhall, Suffolk
- Royle James Bird (Chamberlins), solicitor Beccles, Suffolk;Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Rumburgh Coachworks, coach operators, Rumburgh Rumburgh, Suffolk
- S Swonnell & Son Ltd, maltsters and malt roasters Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Small & Co (Lowestoft) Ltd, steamship owners, ship brokers and insurance agents Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Somerleyton Hall Somerleyton, Suffolk
- Southwold Water Company Southwold, Suffolk
- Staithe Maltings Bungay, Suffolk
- T & J Kidner, motor ploughing and haulage contractors Brampton, Suffolk
- Taylor Electrical, Beccles Beccles, Suffolk
- Thomas Balls, auctioneer Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Unnamed butcher, Southwold Southwold, Suffolk
- WE Wigg & Son, ironfounders, agricultural engineers and implement manufacturers Barnby, Suffolk
- William Cleveland, fish merchants Lowestoft, Suffolk
- William Clowes & Sons Ltd, printers and publishers Beccles, Suffolk;London
- Youngman & Preston, brewers, maltsters, wine and spirit merchants Lowestoft, Suffolk
Organisations (223)
- Albion Fairs Norfolk;Suffolk
- Aldeburgh Methodist Church Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- All Saints with St Nicholas parish, South Elmham South Elmham, Suffolk
- Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England: Silver Jubilee Lodge, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England: Waveney Lodge, Bungay Bungay, Suffolk
- Ancient Order of Foresters: Bungay Bungay, Suffolk
- Ancient Order of Foresters: Bungay, Court Foresters Pride No 3102 Bungay, Suffolk
- Balfour Natural History Club, Highbury Highbury, Middlesex
- Barnby Parish Council Barnby, Suffolk
- Barsham and Shipmeadow Parish Council Barsham, Suffolk;Shipmeadow, Suffolk
- Beccles Academy Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- Beccles Air Raid Precautions Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles and District Christian Council Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles and District War Memorial Hospital Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles borough Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles Bowls Club Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles Choral Society Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles Community Link and Service Project (CLASP) Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles County Court Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles M'Aidez Society Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles Methodist and United Reformed Church Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles Music Society Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles parish Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles Petty Sessions Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles Society Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles Townlands Charity and Feoffment Trust Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles War Memorial Hospital Beccles, Suffolk
- Beccles Working Men's Co-operative Association Beccles, Suffolk
- Blundeston and Flixton Womens Institute Blundeston, Suffolk;Flixton, Suffolk
- Blundeston, Flixton and Oulton Internal Drainage Board Blundeston, Suffolk
- Blyford and Sotherton Parish Council Blyford, Suffolk;Sotherton, Suffolk
- Blything, Mutford, Lothingland and Wangford Commissioners of Sewers Mutford, Suffolk
- Board of Trade (general)
- Boys Brigade: 6th North Suffolk Company Suffolk
- Brampton Parish Council, Suffolk Brampton, Suffolk
- British Medical Association: North Suffolk branch Suffolk;Suffolk
- Bungay Petty Sessions Bungay, Suffolk
- Bungay Town Trust Bungay, Suffolk
- Bungay United Methodist Circuit Bungay, Suffolk
- Bungay Urban District Council Bungay, Suffolk
- Bungay Womens Institute Bungay, Suffolk
- Carlton Colville Methodist Church Carlton Colville, Suffolk
- Charity Commission: Suffolk accounts Suffolk
- Church Road Infants School, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Corton Mens Club Corton, Suffolk
- Corton Methodist Church Corton, Suffolk
- Corton Parish Council Corton, Suffolk
- Corton Village Hall Corton, Suffolk
- Darsham Methodist Church Darsham, Suffolk
- East Suffolk County Council Suffolk
- Electrical Association for Women: Lowestoft branch Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Ellough parish Ellough, Suffolk
- Far East Prisoners of War Association: Lowestoft branch Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Fen Park Primary School Friends Association, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Flixton schools Flixton, Suffolk
- Flixton tithes Flixton, Suffolk
- Friends of Hillfield Home of the Elderly, Reydon Reydon, Suffolk
- Frostenden and South Cove Village Hall Frostenden, Suffolk
- Frostenden Parish Frostenden, Suffolk
- Frostenden Parish Council Frostenden, Suffolk
- Frostenden War Memorial Fund Frostenden, Suffolk
- Girl Guides Association: Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Godric Cycling Club, Suffolk Waveney, Suffolk
- H M Customs and Excise Lowestoft administrative papers Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Halesworth Baptist Church Halesworth, Suffolk
- Halesworth Choral Society Halesworth, Suffolk
- Halesworth Middle School Halesworth, Suffolk
- Halesworth parish Halesworth, Suffolk
- Halesworth Town Council Halesworth, Suffolk
- Halesworth United Reformed Church Halesworth, Suffolk
- Halesworth Urban District Council Halesworth, Suffolk
- Henstead School Henstead, Suffolk
- HM Prison, Blundeston Blundeston, Suffolk
- HMS Danae (1779)
- HMS Egmont (1768)
- HMS Fox (1702)
- HMS Gibraltar (1780)
- HMS St Christopher (1807)
- Ilketshall St Margarets parish Ilketshall, Suffolk
- Inner Wheel Club of Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Kessingland Civil Parish Kessingland, Suffolk
- Kessingland Methodist Church Kessingland, Suffolk
- Kessingland Womens Institute Kessingland, Suffolk
- Kirkley Community High School, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Kirkley Middle School, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- League of Nations Union: Lowestoft and district branch Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Home, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lothingland Middle School, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lothingland Rural District Council Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Badminton League Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft and District Allotments Ltd Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft and East Suffolk Methodist Circuit Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft and North Suffolk Hospital Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Athletic Club Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft borough Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Borough Petty Sessions Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Business and Professional Womens Club Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Census Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Charity Board Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Choral Society Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Cine and Camcorder Club Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft College of Further Education Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Constitutional Club Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft County Court Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft crew lists Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Evening Women's Institute Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Fishermen's and Sailors' Bethel Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Fishermen's Shelter Trust Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft fishing boat agreements Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Fishing Industry Association Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Fishing Vessel Owners Association Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft harbour Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Innominati Debating Society Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Labour Party Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Ladies Probus Club Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Literary and Scientific Association Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Magistrates Court Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Methodist Circuit Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Museum Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Port Health Authority Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Port Users Association Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Probation Committee Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Regatta Committee Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Rotary Club Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Sailors' and Fishermen's Home Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft shipping registers Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Town Football Club Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Lowestoft Valuation District Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Margrett, brigantine, Lowestoft
- Mettingham parish Mettingham, Suffolk
- Mutford parish Mutford, Suffolk
- National Deposit Friendly Society: Lowestoft branch Lowestoft, Suffolk
- National Peace Council: Lowestoft branch Lowestoft, Suffolk
- National Union of Sheet Metalworkers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers
- National Union of Teachers: Waveney Valley association Waveney, Suffolk
- Navy, Royal Navy (general)
- Norfolk Wherry Trust Norfolk;Norfolk
- North Cove Parish North Cove, Suffolk
- Northfield St Nicholas Primary School, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Notley Road Senior Girls School, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Oulton Broad harbour Oulton Broad, Suffolk
- Oulton Military Service Appeal Tribunal Oulton, Suffolk
- Oulton Parish Council Oulton, Cumberland
- Oulton Poor Land Trustees Oulton, Suffolk
- Oulton Tithes Oulton, Suffolk
- Oulton, Carlton, Colville and Barnby Drainage Board Oulton, Suffolk
- Outney Common Owners, Bungay Bungay, Suffolk
- Pakefield Red Star Football Club Pakefield, Suffolk
- Pakefield School Pakefield, Suffolk
- Port of Lowestoft Joint Advisory Committee Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Port of Lowestoft Research Society Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Redisham parish Redisham, Suffolk
- Reydon Estate Charity Reydon, Suffolk
- Reydon parish Reydon, Suffolk
- Reydon Parish Council Reydon, Suffolk
- Reydon Womens Institute Reydon, Suffolk
- Ringsfield parish Ringsfield, Suffolk
- River Blyth Internal Drainage Board Suffolk;Suffolk
- River Blyth Navigation Commissioners Suffolk;Suffolk
- Robert Matchett, Gisleham and Rushmere Gisleham, Suffolk
- Roman Hill Middle School, Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Round Tower Churches Society Suffolk
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution: Lowestoft branch Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution: Pakefield branch Pakefield, Suffolk
- Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults (MENCAP): Lowestoft branch Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: Suffolk East Coast branch Suffolk;Suffolk
- Rumburgh parish Rumburgh, Suffolk
- Rumburgh Town Feoffment Rumburgh, Suffolk
- Salvation Army: Beccles Corps Beccles, Suffolk
- Saxmundham Magistrates Court Blything, Suffolk
- Scout Association: Lowestoft district Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Scout Association: Waveney Valley district Waveney, Suffolk
- Shadingfield parish Shadingfield, Suffolk
- Shadingfield, Sotterley, Willingham and Ellough Joint Parish Council Shadingfield, Suffolk;Sotterley, Suffolk;Willingham, Suffolk;Ellough, Suffolk
- Snape Methodist Church Snape, Suffolk
- Sotterley parish Sotterley, Suffolk
- South Cove parish South Cove, Suffolk;Frostenden, Suffolk;Uggeshall, Suffolk
- South East Suffolk Petty Sessions Suffolk
- South Lowestoft Methodist Church Lowestoft, Suffolk
- South Lowestoft Methodist Church Sunday School Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Southwold and Reydon Association for the Prosecution of Felons Southwold, Suffolk
- Southwold Borough Southwold, Suffolk
- Southwold Borough Petty Sessions Southwold, Suffolk
- Southwold Borough Quarter Sessions Southwold, Suffolk
- Southwold Isolation Hospital Southwold, Suffolk
- Southwold Museum Southwold, Suffolk
- Southwold parish Southwold, Suffolk
- Sparrows Nest Ladies Bowls Club Lowestoft, Suffolk
- St James parish, South Elmham South Elmham, Suffolk
- St John parish, Ilketshall Ilketshall, Suffolk
- St Lawrence parish, Ilketshall Ilketshall, Suffolk
- St Margaret parish, South Elmham South Elmham, Suffolk
- St Mary parish, Flixton Flixton, Suffolk
- St Peter parish, South Elmham South Elmham, Suffolk
- Stoven parish Stoven , Suffolk
- Suffolk (Lowestoft district) Coroner Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Suffolk charities Suffolk;Suffolk
- Suffolk Combined Petty Sessions Suffolk
- Suffolk Eastern District Coroner Suffolk;Suffolk
- Suffolk Humane Society Suffolk
- Suffolk Naturalists Society Suffolk;Suffolk
- Suffolk Northern District Coroner Suffolk;Suffolk
- Suffolk: sheriff Suffolk;Suffolk
- Two Shores: Living with the North Sea project
- Uggeshall parish Uggeshall, Suffolk
- Wangford Hundred Guardians of the Poor Wangford, Suffolk
- Wangford Methodist Society Wangford, Suffolk
- Wangford parish Wangford, Suffolk
- War Department
- Waveney Area Charities Waveney, Suffolk
- Waveney District Council Waveney, Suffolk
- Wenhaston Methodist Church Wenhaston, Suffolk
- Westhall enclosure Westhall, Suffolk
- Westhall Parish Council Westhall, Suffolk
- Weston parish Weston, Suffolk
- Workers Educational Association: Beccles branch Beccles, Suffolk
- Worlingham Coal Charity Worlingham, Suffolk
- Worlingham Drama Group Worlingham, Suffolk
- Worlingham Middle School Worlingham, Suffolk
- Worlingham parish Worlingham, Suffolk
- Wrentham Congregational Church Wrentham, Suffolk
- Young Womens Christian Association: Lowestoft Lowestoft, Suffolk
Persons (22)
- Becker, Janet, (fl 1920-1950), Local Historian
- Bonsey, Francis Rochfort, (1883-1971), Canon of Wrentham Wrentham, Suffolk
- Childs, John, (1783-1853), Printer
- Collings, Dudley Willis, (1870-1955), medical practitioner and museum curator Southwold, Suffolk
- Collings, Herbert Dennis, (1905-2002), anthropologist and museum curator Southwold, Suffolk
- Cook, Frederick Charles, (d 1973), Ornithologist
- Cunningham, Francis, (1785-1863), Vicar of Lowestoft
- Eden, Agnes, (1862-1935), daughter of 4th Baron Auckland
- Gillingwater, Edmund, (? 1735-1813), topographer, stationer and bookseller
- Goodwyn, Edwin Alvis, (b 1914), author Suffolk
- Gurney, John Henry, (1848-1922), ornithologist
- Hunt, Bernard Patteson Wathen Stather, (1884-1967), clergyman Pakefield, Suffolk
- Morley, Claude, (1874-1951), entomologist and antiquary
- Patterson, Arthur Henry, (1857-1935), Naturalist
- Porter, Eric Donald, (d 1992), local historian Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Rich, Sir Robert, (1717-1785), 5th Baronet
- Scott, John Barber, (1792-1862), diarist Bungay, Suffolk
- Smith, Lady Pleasance, (1773-1877), centenarian
- Strickland, Agnes, (1796-1874), historian
- Ticehurst, Claude Buchanan, (1881-1941), ornithologist
- Upcraft, Walter, (fl 1936-1980), harbour master at Southwold Reydon, Suffolk
- Wright, Peter Gordon Fairfax, (d 2015), surveyor
Diaries (5)
- Andrews, Harry, (fl 1933-1980) Beccles, Suffolk
- Butcher, David Robert, (fl 1975-2008), author Suffolk;Suffolk
- Foster, Fanny, (fl 1800-1979), mayor of Southwold and lecturer Southwold, Suffolk
- Pye, Alan Charles, (1896-1989) Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Sterry, Edith Sarah, (b 1916) Lowestoft, Suffolk
Families (16)
- Adair family, baronets, of Ballymena Ballymena, County Antrim
- Adair family, baronets, of Flixton Hall Flixton, Suffolk
- Allin family, baronets, of Blundeston Blundeston, Suffolk;Ashby, Suffolk;Lound, Suffolk;Somerleyton, Suffolk
- Anguish family of Somerleyton Somerleyton, Suffolk;Ashby, Suffolk;Blundeston, Suffolk;Lound, Suffolk
- Bence family of Kentwell Hall Kentwell Hall, Suffolk;Glemsford, Suffolk;Long Melford, Suffolk;Stanstead, Suffolk
- Bowyer family of Kirtling Kirtling, Cambridgeshire
- Collings family of Southwold Southwold, Suffolk
- Crossley family, Barons Somerleyton Blundeston, Suffolk;Lound, Suffolk;Somerleyton, Suffolk
- Ewen family of Reydon Reydon, Suffolk
- Fowler family of Gunton Hall Gunton Hall, Suffolk
- Gooch family, baronets, of Benacre Benacre, Suffolk
- Hollond family of Benhall Lodge Benhall Lodge, Suffolk
- Holmes family of Brooke Brooke, Norfolk
- Rich family, baronets, of London London;Mulbarton, Norfolk;Beccles, Suffolk;Rose Hall, Suffolk
- Scott family of Bungay Bungay, Suffolk
- Suggate family of Beccles Beccles, Suffolk;Wrentham, Suffolk
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (21)
- NRA 5785 Adair family, baronets, of Ballymena: Suffolk and Ireland estate papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 33052 Ancient Order of Foresters: Bungay, Court Foresters' Pride No 3102 € 175
- NRA 31039 Bungay: Outney Common Owners
- NRA 31036 Colby Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft
- NRA 24324 Crossley family, Barons Somerleyton: estate papers
- NRA 20609 Elliott & Garrood Ltd, marine and general engineers, Beccles
- NRA 26541 Green & Co (Lowestoft) Ltd, printers
- NRA 31037 Lowestoft Harbour
- NRA 39852 Lowestoft shipping registers
- NRA 17775 Lowestoft, Suffolk: Literary and Scientific Association
- NRA 33092 Mutford and Lothingland Half-Hundreds: manorial documents
- NRA 31040 Oulton Poor Land Trustees
- NRA 30434 Rodwell & Co, solicitors, Halesworth: clients papers
- NRA 33048 Royal National Lifeboat Institution: Lowestoft branch
- NRA 24685 Rumburgh Town Charity link to online catalogue
- NRA 21330 John Barber Scott of Bungay: diaries and misc papers
- NRA 31035 Small & Co, ship and insurance brokers and Lloyds agents, Lowestoft
- NRA 29493 Suffolk parishes
- NRA 30433 Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft: misc accessions
- NRA 24947 Suffolk shipping registers
- NRA 33035 Suggate family of Mutford: deeds and papers
Accessions
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