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Toft Monks


The arched doorway of the church at Toft Monks. Toft Monks Church War memorial Stained glass in Toft Monks Church.

World War I Memorial

Surnames - Alexander, Hammond, Moore, Symonds, Turner, Warnes, White, Wigg, Wright

Susannah LYDAMORE was born in this parish, the daughter of Edward and Martha.  By 1871, she had moved to Lowestoft.

Although recorded here as Goldspink, some of these people also used the form Goldsmith at times:

James Grimson, died 1881

WILLS - Full transcripts of the following can be provided here:

Anne GOLDSPINK,  1743

Charles GOLDSPINK,   28 June 1787

Elizabeth GOLDSPINK,   1740

Elizabeth GOLDSPINK,   1784

Henry GOLDSPINK ,  1815

James GOLDSPINK,   1782

John GOLDSPINK ,  1780

Maria GOLDSPINK,   1820

Mary GOLDSPINK,   1737

Mary Ann GOLDSPINK,   1810

Philip GOLDSPINK ,  1751

Philip GOLDSPINK,   1775

Philip GOLDSPINK,   1823

Richard GOLDSPINK,   1742

Richard GOLDSPINK,   1778

Robert GOLDSPINK,   1786

Robert GOLDSPINK,   1815

Robert GOLDSPINK,   22 June 1811

Samuel GOLDSPINK,   1818

Sarah GOLDSPINK,   1773

William GOLDSPINK,   1746

William GOLDSPINK,   1770


The Grimson Family:

After short spells in other villages, the Grimson family settled in Toft Monks.  

Amelia GRIMSON,   1860

Charles GRIMSON,   Abt 1831

Edmund GRIMSON,   30 November 1797

Elizabeth GRIMSON,   27 February 1794

John GRIMSON,   15 June 1792

Mary GRIMSON,  3 December 1795

Mary Ann H GRIMSON,   14 December 1857

Rachel GRIMSON,   1854

Rachel GRIMSON,   1881

Stephen GRIMSON,  4 June 1800


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Situated on the Norfolk/Suffolk border is the village and parish of Toft Monks.  

Other Parishes


Also born in this place:

James BECKET,  1777

Sophia DOW,  1821