Why is a person in Nacton during 1820s?

My husband's ggg-grandfather was called Dionysius TREGEAR who was
christened (1790) and brought up in Truro, together with a large brood
of other Tregears with less outstanding names. It appears the whole
family moved to London in the early 1800s since more children were
christened with parents of the same name in London, and some of the
older children married in London. Dionysius married in Nacton, Suffolk,
and spent most of the 1820s there according to the christening records

Eve McLaughlin...

, I reckon I can guess.

of his children. They then moved to London and continued adding to the
family.

Eve McLaughlin...

Was he
1. a carpenter, bricklayer/mason/plasterer etc? They often settled in a
place while they were building or refurbishing a man
2. was he a gentleman's servant - you went where the boss went
3. was he a clergyman went where you were called

I've always wondered *why* Nacton. We've booked time off in November and

CWatters...

Eve McLaughlin...

erm - a little bit closer than that? :-)

Robin Harritt...

Are you perhaps confusing Great Waldingfield near Sudbury

CWatters...

I hadn't spotted Waldringfield (with an r), I wonder if the IGI entry is
correct?

http://www.waldringfield.info/ which is very much closer to Nacton?

CWatters...

Oh bother. You know what I mean :-)

andrew...

Stop squabbling you two - in fact they are 25.3 miles apart. Should take
you about thirty minutes, a pleasant drive that takes you through
Constable Country. No doubt at that time, by a carter's wagon, it would
have taken over a day.

Yours Aye Andrew Sellon.
Catholics will marry on means which the Protestant considers as
insufficient for marriage. A few potatoes and a shed of turf are all
that Luther has left for the Roman; and, when the latter gets these, he
instantly begins upon the great Irish manufacture of children. Rev.
Sydney Smith 1771-1854, Canon of St. Paul's.

will be heading down to the records office in Ipswich to see if we can
find any clues. I'll start by looking

* in the records of the workhouse (he didn't marry Sarah until after
child number 2, so she at least may have been admitted)
* Petty Sessions for maintenance orders
* in the papers relating to the two grand houses in the vicinity, Orwell
Park and Broke Hall (Dionysius was a painter, plumber and glazier so
could have been recruited in London to work on the estate and then kept
on as an estate worker, say)

Eve McLaughlin...

Ah, that looks like it. It often took a long time to fix a mansion to
the satisfaction of the owner.
Might be some estate records recording staff payments (at CRO)

* I haven't got an idea number 4.

Does anyone have any suggestions for other kinds of records which could
exist for the 1820s which might be worthwhile looking at? Or what a
Cornish painter could possibly be doing in Nacton, a tiny village
between Ipswich and Felixstowe.