Covehithe or North Hales, Suffolk

Historical Description

Covehithe or North Hales, a parish in Suffolk, on the coast, 4t miles N by E of Southwold, and 6¼ SSE of Carlton-1 Colville station on the G.E.R. Post town, Wangford; money order and telegraph office, Wrentham. Acreage, 1458; population, 162. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Benacre, in the diocese of Norwich. The ancient church was a fine structure destroyed in the Civil War; another was erected in 1672, and has a handsome tower. This is now in ruins. The present church was built on to the old tower. It contains a pulpit, font, and peal of five bells from the old church. Bishop Bale was a native.

Administration

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

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 Covehithe or North Hales from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Northales, or Cove-Hithe (St. Andrew))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Covehithe or North Hales are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

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

• The Ipswich Journal
• East Suffolk Mercury and Lowestoft Weekly News
• Bury and Norwich Post
• Bury Free Press