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Blyford, Suffolk

Historical Description

Blyford, (formerly Blythford), a village and a parish in Suffolk, on the river Blythe, 3 miles E by S of Halesworth station on the G.E.R. Post town, Halesworth, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage of parish, 874; population, 163; of the ecclesiastical parish, 166. The living is a donative rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £55. The church, which is an ancient building of flint, has two Norman doors and a Perpendicular English tower, but is mainly Early English and Decorated English.

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

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySuffolk 
Ecclesiastical parishBlythford All Saints 
HundredBlything 
Poor Law unionBlything 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Blyford from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Blyford are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online:

DistrictWaveney
CountySuffolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtIP19
Post TownHalesworth

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