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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~alefounder/essgen/ess.html Essex Look-up Exchange]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~alefounder/essgen/ess.html Essex Look-up Exchange]
  
*[http://essex-opc.org.uk/Data/ESX_OPC.php Essex Online Parish Clerks]
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*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
  
*[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersdg.htm Parish Register Look-up Exchange]
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*[http://essex-opc.org.uk/ Essex Online Parish Clerks]
  
  
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*[http://www.essexchurches.info/ Essex Churches]
 
*[http://www.essexchurches.info/ Essex Churches]
  
*[http://www.essex-country-life.co.uk/ Essex Country Life] New
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*[http://www.essex-country-life.co.uk/ Essex Country Life]  
  
 
*[http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/ Eastern Essex Family History]
 
*[http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/ Eastern Essex Family History]
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*[http://www.essexvillages.net/parishrecords/essexparish.html Essex Parish Records]
 
*[http://www.essexvillages.net/parishrecords/essexparish.html Essex Parish Records]
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*[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://www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames/  Essex Place Names]  
 
*[http://www.essexpast.co.uk/pubs1895.html  Essex Pubs and their Landlords in 1895]
 
  
 
*[http://essexpub.net/ London & Essex Pubs History & Trade Directory Index]
 
*[http://essexpub.net/ London & Essex Pubs History & Trade Directory Index]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~melanie/ Ardleigh's Past]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~melanie/ Ardleigh's Past]
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*[http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/heritage/content.php?page=aveley_stmichaels St. Michael's Church, Aveley ~ Monuments and Tombstone Inscriptions]
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*[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.brightlingsea-town.co.uk/history/genealogy.htm  Brightlingsea Town Site]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/Eves3.html Bromley by Bow]
 
*[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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~canvey/ Canvey Island]
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*[http://www.claveringonline.org.uk/Local%20History%20Frame.htm Clavering Village]
 
*[http://www.claveringonline.org.uk/Local%20History%20Frame.htm Clavering Village]
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*[http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/Colchester%20Deeds%201.htm Colchester Deeds of the 14th and 15th Centuries]
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*[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~kelsey/cranham.htm A History of Cranham]
  
 
*[http://www.dengie.org.uk/ The Dengie 100]
 
*[http://www.dengie.org.uk/ The Dengie 100]
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*[http://www.peterjoslin.btinternet.co.uk/easthorpe.htm Easthorpe 1901 Census]
 
*[http://www.peterjoslin.btinternet.co.uk/easthorpe.htm Easthorpe 1901 Census]
  
*[http://www.stmichaelsparish.clanhosts.com/index.htm St Michael's Parish, Fobbing]
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*[http://www.stmichaelsfobbing.org.uk/welcome.htm St Michael's Parish, Fobbing]
  
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~roger.beckwith/Finchingfield/index.htm Finchingfield Past and Present]
 
*[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]
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*[http://www.bygonegraysthurrock.co.uk/ Bygone Grays Thurrock]
  
 
*[http://www.greatbromley.org.uk/ Great Bromley Village]
 
*[http://www.greatbromley.org.uk/ Great Bromley Village]
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*[http://www.halsteadonline.co.uk/ Halstead Online]
  
 
*[http://www.haroldhill.org/Foyer/foyer.htm Harold Hill]
 
*[http://www.haroldhill.org/Foyer/foyer.htm Harold Hill]
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*[http://www.romford.org/ Romford Now and Then]
 
*[http://www.romford.org/ Romford Now and Then]
  
*[http://www.haroldhill.org/Foyer/foyer.htm Harold Hill, Romford]
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*[http://tlhs.org.uk/takeleychapel.htm Takeley Chapel Parish Records]
  
*[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]  
  
*[http://www.walthamabbeygenealogy.co.uk/ Waltham Abbey Genealogy] New
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*[http://www.walthamabbeygenealogy.co.uk/ Waltham Abbey Genealogy]  
  
 
*[http://www.peterjoslin.btinternet.co.uk/white_notley.htm White Notley]
 
*[http://www.peterjoslin.btinternet.co.uk/white_notley.htm White Notley]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~ianrose82/chind1.htm  Essex Churches]
 
*[http://www.btinternet.com/~ianrose82/chind1.htm  Essex Churches]
  
*[http://www.stormpages.com/kenrose149/SchoolIndex.htm Essex Schools] New
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*[http://www.stormpages.com/kenrose149/SchoolIndex.htm Essex Schools]
 
 
 
 
'''Books of local interest'''
 
  
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==Register Office==
  
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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>
  
==Register Office==
 
 
'''Braintree District Register Office''' (covers Braintree District Council)
 
'''Braintree District Register Office''' (covers Braintree District Council)
  
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CM7 9RW<br>
 
CM7 9RW<br>
 
Tel: 01376 323463<br>
 
Tel: 01376 323463<br>
 
Email: braintree.ro@essexcc.gov.uk<br>
 
  
  
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CM14 4JG<br>
 
CM14 4JG<br>
 
Tel: 01277 233565<br>
 
Tel: 01277 233565<br>
 
Email: brentwood.ro@essexcc.gov.uk<br>
 
  
  
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Southend-on-Sea<br>
 
Southend-on-Sea<br>
 
SS2 6ER<br>
 
SS2 6ER<br>
 
Email: registeroffice@southend.gov.uk<br>
 
  
  
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CM1 1GF<br>
 
CM1 1GF<br>
 
Tel: 01245 430700<br>
 
Tel: 01245 430700<br>
 
Email: chelmsford.ro@essexcc.gov.uk<br>
 
  
  
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CO2 7DL<br>
 
CO2 7DL<br>
 
Tel: 01206 572926<br>
 
Tel: 01206 572926<br>
Email: colchester.ro@essexcc.gov.uk<br>
 
  
  
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CM16 5DA<br>
 
CM16 5DA<br>
 
Tel: 01992 572789<br>
 
Tel: 01992 572789<br>
 
Email: epping.ro@essexcc.gov.uk<br>
 
  
  
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CM20 1AG<br>
 
CM20 1AG<br>
 
Tel: 01279 427674<br>
 
Tel: 01279 427674<br>
 
Email: harlow.ro@essexcc.gov.uk<br>
 
  
  
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Tel: 01799 510319<br>
 
Tel: 01799 510319<br>
  
Email: uttlesford.ro@essexcc.gov.uk<br>
 
  
  
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'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*Essex R/O. ''Weekly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=656 Tina Marie]
 
*Essex R/O. ''Weekly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=656 Tina Marie]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
 
'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*All Saints Dovercourt '''RECORDS''' only, can't visit the cemeteries at the moment [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=282 Geniedi]
 
 
*Loughton (and surrounding area) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=61 Cherie]
 
*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]
 
*North Essex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=415 Keith Seeking Salvation]
*Parkeston Cemetery '''RECORDS''' only, can not visit the cemeteries at the moment [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=282 Geniedi]
 
*St Peters Church, Coggeshall (grave details would be good) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=367 Gwen@coggiecorner]
 
*West Essex (as far as Ongar) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=221 maz in the east end]
 
 
  
 
==Photo Offers==
 
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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.

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.


County town: Chelmsford


Other major towns: Ilford, Southend-on-Sea, West Ham


Essex Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

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

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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts


Cemetery Lookup Requests

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