Thrandeston, Suffolk
Historical Description
Thrandeston, a parish in Suffolk, 2 miles NNE of Mellis station on the G.E.R., and 2½ NVV of Eye. It has a post and money order office under Scole; telegraph office, Diss. Acreage, 1386; population, 285. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £470 with residence. The church is a very handsome building of flint in the Perpendicular style, and has been well restored.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Suffolk | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Thrandeston St. Margaret | |
| Hundred | Hartismere | |
| Poor Law union | Hartismere |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Marriages at Thrandeston, 1813 to 1837 are available online as part of the Suffolk Parish and Probate Records.
The register dates from the year 1558.
Churches
Church of England
St. Margaret (parish church)
The church of St. Margaret is a handsome building of flint with stone dressings, in the Decorated and Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave with clerestory, aisles, north and south porches and an embattled western tower containing 5 bells: the east window and four others in the chancel are stained, and were erected as memorials to members of the French family: both the chancel and tower are divided from the nave by handsome carved screens: the reredos was erected in 1870 in memory of Thomas French esq: the font is ancient and there is a carved oak eagle lectern and several armorial shields to the families of Rix and Blakeby; and a monument to the Rev. Nathaniel D'Eye M.A. rector from 1800: the church affords 180 sittings.
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 Thrandeston from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Thrandeston (St. Margaret))
- Kelly's Directory of Suffolk, 1912
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Thrandeston 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: