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| + | |A county that was somewhat bigger than it is now, the west side having been absorbed into Greater London. | ||
| + | A fairly flat county with several rivers cutting deeply into it, hence a popular area for sailing. Essex sailing barges used to carry goods into the capital and up the coast, and sailing barge races are still held annually. | ||
| − | + | Originally a mainly agricultural county, with both arable and animal farming but now acts mainly as a dormitory for London. | |
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| + | |Southend-on-Sea and Clacton-on-Sea were popular Bank Holiday destinations from the East End of London. | ||
| − | + | Gustav Holst composed "The Planets Suite" in Essex. | |
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| + | '''County town:''' Chelmsford | ||
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| − | + | '''Other major towns:''' Ilford, Southend-on-Sea, West Ham | |
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| − | + | '''[[Places_of_Worship:Essex| Essex Places of Worship]]''' | |
| − | ''' | + | '''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]''' |
| − | + | | [[Image: EnglandEssex.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]] | |
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| − | + | ==Resources== | |
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| − | + | '''Primary Reference''' | |
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| + | *[http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/vip8/ecc/ECCWebsite/dis/gui.jsp?channelOid=13813&guideOid=14788&oid=14788 '''Essex Record Office'''] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/vip8/ecc/ECCWebsite/dis/cha.jsp?channelOid=15524&guideOid=15128&oid=15524 Essex Libraries] | |
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| + | *[http://www.esfh.org.uk/ Essex Family History Society] | ||
| − | + | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~alefounder/essgen/ess.html Essex Look-up Exchange] | |
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| + | *[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange] | ||
| − | + | *[http://essex-opc.org.uk/ Essex Online Parish Clerks] | |
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| − | + | *[http://www.essex1841.com/ 1841 Essex Census & Other Records] | |
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| + | *[http://www.essexchurches.info/ Essex Churches] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.essex-country-life.co.uk/ Essex Country Life] | |
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| + | *[http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/ Eastern Essex Family History] | ||
| − | + | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boydsindex/Boydsindexa.htm Boyd's Marriage Index] | |
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| + | *[http://www.essexvillages.net/parishrecords/essexparish.html Essex Parish Records] | ||
| + | *[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/custom_pages/home_page.asp? Unlocking Essex's Past] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames/ Essex Place Names] | |
| − | + | *[http://essexpub.net/ London & Essex Pubs History & Trade Directory Index] | |
| − | + | *[http://www.villagesigns-essex.co.uk/ Essex Village Signs] | |
| + | *[http://www.hulford.co.uk/intro.html Essex Witch Trials] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/ History House inc Whites Directory 1848 ] | |
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| + | '''Specific Town and Village Interest''' | ||
| − | + | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~melanie/ Ardleigh's Past] | |
| − | + | *[http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/heritage/content.php?page=aveley_stmichaels St. Michael's Church, Aveley ~ Monuments and Tombstone Inscriptions] | |
| − | + | *[http://cemweb.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/servlet/Telesearch?Search+Again=Search+Again&action=sagain&sagfont=&thisyear=2008&DefSep=-&withmaps=no&sysver=1.13&tstxtbr=no&iadd=http%3A%2F%2Fcemweb.barking-dagenham.gov.uk%2Fservlet%2FTeleimage&TeleSearch_version=1.22&wadd=http%3A%2F%2Fcemweb.barking-dagenham.gov.uk%2F&mapping=no&Grave=view&aaa=FALSE&TbSocketIO_version=1.23&button_type=button&eadd=http%3A%2F%2Fcemweb.barking-dagenham.gov.uk%2Fservlet%2FTelesearch&sessionid=70456035&DefFName=Enter+a+Forename&DefSName=Enter+a+Surname&gadd=http%3A%2F%2Fcemweb.barking-dagenham.gov.uk%2Fservlet%2FTelegrave&erpp=10 Barking & Dagenham Cemeteries online search] | |
| + | *[http://www.brightlingsea-town.co.uk/history/genealogy.htm Brightlingsea Town Site] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.peterjoslin.btinternet.co.uk/black_notley1.htm Black Notley 1901 Census] | |
| − | * | + | *[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/Eves3.html Bromley by Bow] |
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| + | *[http://www.burnham.org.uk/ Burnham on Crouch] | ||
| − | + | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~canvey/ Canvey Island] | |
| − | + | *[http://www.castlehedingham.org/index.html Castle Hedingham] | |
| + | *[http://www.claveringonline.org.uk/Local%20History%20Frame.htm Clavering Village] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/Colchester%20Deeds%201.htm Colchester Deeds of the 14th and 15th Centuries] | |
| − | + | *[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~kelsey/cranham.htm A History of Cranham] | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.dengie.org.uk/ The Dengie 100] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://linux02.lib.cam.ac.uk/earlscolne// Earls Colne 1375-1854] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/ East of London FHS] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.peterjoslin.btinternet.co.uk/easthorpe.htm Easthorpe 1901 Census] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.stmichaelsfobbing.org.uk/welcome.htm St Michael's Parish, Fobbing] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.btinternet.com/~roger.beckwith/Finchingfield/index.htm Finchingfield Past and Present] |
*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] | *[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.bygonegraysthurrock.co.uk/ Bygone Grays Thurrock] |
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| + | *[http://www.greatbromley.org.uk/ Great Bromley Village] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.halsteadonline.co.uk/ Halstead Online] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.haroldhill.org/Foyer/foyer.htm Harold Hill] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.henhamhistory.org/ Henham Parish Bygones] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.langleyessex.net/ Welcome to Langley] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.littlebromley.org.uk/ Little Bromley] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.manningtree.org.uk/ A Brief History of Manningtree and Mistley] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.rivenhall.org.uk/default.asp?pg=home Rivenhall 2008 - The Parish of St.Mary & All Saints.] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.romford.org/ Romford Now and Then] | ||
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| + | *[http://tlhs.org.uk/takeleychapel.htm Takeley Chapel Parish Records] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.thurrockheritageforum.co.uk/ Thurrock Heritage Forum] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.thurrock-community.org.uk/historysoc/ Thurrock Local History Society] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.walthamabbeygenealogy.co.uk/ Waltham Abbey Genealogy] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.peterjoslin.btinternet.co.uk/white_notley.htm White Notley] | ||
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| + | '''Maps and Photographs''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.btinternet.com/~ianrose82/chind1.htm Essex Churches] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.stormpages.com/kenrose149/SchoolIndex.htm Essex Schools] | ||
| − | + | ==Register Office== | |
| + | Many of the e-mail contact details for Essex register offices have recently changed, revised e-mail contact details and information about opening times etc can be found on the Council website [http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/vip8/ecc/ECCWebsite/dis/cnt.jsp?channelOid=13921&contentOid=null Register Office Page]<br> | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''Braintree District Register Office''' (covers Braintree District Council) |
| − | + | John Ray House<br> | |
| + | Bocking End<br> | ||
| + | Braintree<br> | ||
| + | CM7 9RW<br> | ||
| + | Tel: 01376 323463<br> | ||
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| − | + | '''Brentwood District Register Office''' (covers Brentwood Borough Council and Basildon District Council) | |
| − | + | 1 Seven Arches Road<br> | |
| + | Brentwood<br> | ||
| + | Essex<br> | ||
| + | CM14 4JG<br> | ||
| + | Tel: 01277 233565<br> | ||
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| − | + | '''Castle Point and Rochford District Register Office''' (covers Castle Point District Council and Rochford District Council) | |
| − | + | Civic Centre<br> | |
| + | Victoria Avenue<br> | ||
| + | Southend-on-Sea<br> | ||
| + | SS2 6ER<br> | ||
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| − | + | '''Chelmsford District Register Office''' (covers Chelmsford Borough Council and Maldon District Council) | |
| − | + | 17 Market Road<br> | |
| + | Chelmsford<br> | ||
| + | CM1 1GF<br> | ||
| + | Tel: 01245 430700<br> | ||
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| − | + | '''Colchester District Register Office''' (covers Colchester Borough Council and Tendring District Council) | |
| + | Stanwell House<br> | ||
| + | Stanwell Street<br> | ||
| + | Colchester<br> | ||
| + | CO2 7DL<br> | ||
| + | Tel: 01206 572926<br> | ||
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| − | + | '''Epping Forest District Register Office''' (covers Epping Forest District Council) | |
| − | + | St John's Road<br> | |
| + | Epping<br> | ||
| + | CM16 5DA<br> | ||
| + | Tel: 01992 572789<br> | ||
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| − | + | '''Harlow District Register Office''' (covers Harlow District Council) | |
| − | + | Watergarden Offices<br> | |
| + | College Square<br> | ||
| + | The High<br> | ||
| + | Harlow<br> | ||
| + | CM20 1AG<br> | ||
| + | Tel: 01279 427674<br> | ||
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| − | + | '''Uttlesford District Register Office''' (covers Uttlesford District Council) | |
| − | + | The Council Offices<br> | |
| + | London Road<br> | ||
| + | Saffron Walden<br> | ||
| + | CB11 4ER<br> | ||
| + | Tel: 01799 510319<br> | ||
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| − | + | ==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests== | |
| − | + | Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup. | |
| − | + | By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above. | |
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| − | + | '''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts''' | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *Essex R/O. ''Weekly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=656 Tina Marie] |
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| − | + | ==Cemetery Lookup Requests== | |
| − | + | Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup. | |
| − | + | By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above. | |
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| − | + | '''Cemetery Lookup Contacts''' | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *Loughton (and surrounding area) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=61 Cherie] |
| + | *North Essex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=415 Keith Seeking Salvation] | ||
| + | ==Photo Offers== | ||
| + | Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:22, 16 May 2023
| A county that was somewhat bigger than it is now, the west side having been absorbed into Greater London.
A fairly flat county with several rivers cutting deeply into it, hence a popular area for sailing. Essex sailing barges used to carry goods into the capital and up the coast, and sailing barge races are still held annually. Originally a mainly agricultural county, with both arable and animal farming but now acts mainly as a dormitory for London. |
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| Southend-on-Sea and Clacton-on-Sea were popular Bank Holiday destinations from the East End of London.
Gustav Holst composed "The Planets Suite" in Essex.
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Resources
Primary Reference
Countywide Interest
Specific Town and Village Interest
Maps and Photographs
Register Office
Many of the e-mail contact details for Essex register offices have recently changed, revised e-mail contact details and information about opening times etc can be found on the Council website Register Office Page
Braintree District Register Office (covers Braintree District Council)
John Ray House
Bocking End
Braintree
CM7 9RW
Tel: 01376 323463
Brentwood District Register Office (covers Brentwood Borough Council and Basildon District Council)
1 Seven Arches Road
Brentwood
Essex
CM14 4JG
Tel: 01277 233565
Castle Point and Rochford District Register Office (covers Castle Point District Council and Rochford District Council)
Civic Centre
Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 6ER
Chelmsford District Register Office (covers Chelmsford Borough Council and Maldon District Council)
17 Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1GF
Tel: 01245 430700
Colchester District Register Office (covers Colchester Borough Council and Tendring District Council)
Stanwell House
Stanwell Street
Colchester
CO2 7DL
Tel: 01206 572926
Epping Forest District Register Office (covers Epping Forest District Council)
St John's Road
Epping
CM16 5DA
Tel: 01992 572789
Harlow District Register Office (covers Harlow District Council)
Watergarden Offices
College Square
The High
Harlow
CM20 1AG
Tel: 01279 427674
Uttlesford District Register Office (covers Uttlesford District Council)
The Council Offices
London Road
Saffron Walden
CB11 4ER
Tel: 01799 510319
Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts
- Essex R/O. Weekly Tina Marie
Cemetery Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
Cemetery Lookup Contacts
- Loughton (and surrounding area) Cherie
- North Essex Keith Seeking Salvation
Photo Offers
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
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