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|A county that was somewhat bigger than it is now, the west side having been absorbed into Greater London.
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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.
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==Register Offices==
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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.
  
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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]]'''
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[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''']
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*[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]
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*[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]
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*[http://essex-opc.org.uk/ Essex Online Parish Clerks]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.essex1841.com/ 1841 Essex Census & Other Records]
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*[http://www.essexchurches.info/ Essex Churches]
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*[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]
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*[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]
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*[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/custom_pages/home_page.asp? Unlocking Essex's Past] 
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*[http://www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames/  Essex Place Names]
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*[http://essexpub.net/ London & Essex Pubs History & Trade Directory Index]
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*[http://www.villagesigns-essex.co.uk/ Essex Village Signs]
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*[http://www.hulford.co.uk/intro.html Essex Witch Trials]
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*[http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/  History House inc Whites Directory 1848 ]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[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]
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*[http://www.brightlingsea-town.co.uk/history/genealogy.htm  Brightlingsea Town Site]
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*[http://www.peterjoslin.btinternet.co.uk/black_notley1.htm Black Notley 1901 Census]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/evesfam/Eves3.html Bromley by Bow]
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*[http://www.burnham.org.uk/ Burnham on Crouch]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~canvey/ Canvey Island]
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*[http://www.castlehedingham.org/index.html Castle Hedingham]
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*[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]
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*[http://www.dengie.org.uk/ The Dengie 100]
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*[http://linux02.lib.cam.ac.uk/earlscolne// Earls Colne 1375-1854]
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*[http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/  East of London FHS]
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*[http://www.peterjoslin.btinternet.co.uk/easthorpe.htm Easthorpe 1901 Census]
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*[http://www.stmichaelsfobbing.org.uk/welcome.htm St Michael's Parish, Fobbing]
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~roger.beckwith/Finchingfield/index.htm Finchingfield Past and Present]
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*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society]
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*[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]
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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>
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'''Braintree District Register Office''' (covers Braintree District Council)
  
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=====Braintree District Register Office=====
 
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(covers Braintree District Council)<br>
 
 
John Ray House<br>
 
John Ray House<br>
 
Bocking End<br>
 
Bocking End<br>
 
Braintree<br>
 
Braintree<br>
 
CM7 9RW<br>
 
CM7 9RW<br>
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Tel 01376 323463<br>
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Tel: 01376 323463<br>
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E-mail braintree.ro@essexcc.gov.uk
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'''Brentwood District Register Office''' (covers Brentwood Borough Council and Basildon District Council)
  
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=====Brentwood District Register Office=====
 
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(covers Brentwood Borough Council and Basildon District Council)<br>
 
 
1 Seven Arches Road<br>
 
1 Seven Arches Road<br>
 
Brentwood<br>
 
Brentwood<br>
 
Essex<br>
 
Essex<br>
 
CM14 4JG<br>
 
CM14 4JG<br>
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Tel 01277 233565<br>
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Tel: 01277 233565<br>
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E-mail brentwood.ro@essexcc.gov.uk
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'''Castle Point and Rochford District Register Office''' (covers Castle Point District Council and Rochford District Council)
  
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=====Castle Point and Rochford District Register Office=====
 
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(covers Castle Point District Council and Rochford District Council)<br>
 
 
Civic Centre<br>
 
Civic Centre<br>
 
Victoria Avenue<br>
 
Victoria Avenue<br>
 
Southend-on-Sea<br>
 
Southend-on-Sea<br>
 
SS2 6ER<br>
 
SS2 6ER<br>
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E-mail registeroffice@southend.gov.uk
 
  
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=====Chelmsford District Register Office=====
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(covers Chelmsford Borough Council and Maldon District Council)<br>
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'''Chelmsford District Register Office''' (covers Chelmsford Borough Council and Maldon District Council)
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17 Market Road<br>
 
17 Market Road<br>
 
Chelmsford<br>
 
Chelmsford<br>
 
CM1 1GF<br>
 
CM1 1GF<br>
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Tel 01245 430700<br>
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Tel: 01245 430700<br>
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E-mail chelmsford.ro@essexcc.gov.uk
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'''Colchester District Register Office''' (covers Colchester Borough Council and Tendring District Council)
  
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=====Colchester District Register Office=====
 
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(covers Colchester Borough Council and Tendring District Council)<br>
 
 
Stanwell House<br>
 
Stanwell House<br>
 
Stanwell Street<br>
 
Stanwell Street<br>
 
Colchester<br>
 
Colchester<br>
 
CO2 7DL<br>
 
CO2 7DL<br>
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Tel 01206 572926<br>
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Tel: 01206 572926<br>
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E-mail colchester.ro@essexcc.gov.uk
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'''Epping Forest District Register Office''' (covers Epping Forest District Council)
  
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=====Epping Forest District Register Office=====
 
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(covers Epping Forest District Council)<br>
 
 
St John's Road<br>
 
St John's Road<br>
 
Epping<br>
 
Epping<br>
 
CM16 5DA<br>
 
CM16 5DA<br>
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Tel: 01992 572789<br>
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E-mail epping.ro@essexcc.gov.uk
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'''Harlow District Register Office''' (covers Harlow District Council)
  
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=====Harlow District Register Office=====
 
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(covers Harlow District Council)<br>
 
 
Watergarden Offices<br>
 
Watergarden Offices<br>
 
College Square<br>
 
College Square<br>
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Harlow<br>
 
Harlow<br>
 
CM20 1AG<br>
 
CM20 1AG<br>
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Tel 01279 427674<br>
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Tel: 01279 427674<br>
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E-mail harlow.ro@essexcc.gov.uk
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'''Uttlesford District Register Office''' (covers Uttlesford District Council)
  
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=====Uttlesford District Register Office=====
 
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(covers Uttlesford District Council)<br>
 
 
The Council Offices<br>
 
The Council Offices<br>
 
London Road<br>
 
London Road<br>
 
Saffron Walden<br>
 
Saffron Walden<br>
 
CB11 4ER<br>
 
CB11 4ER<br>
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E-mail uttlesford.ro@essexcc.gov.uk
 
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/vip8/ecc/ECCWebsite/dis/gui.jsp?channelOid=13813&guideOid=14788&oid=14788 COUNTY RECORD OFFICE]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/essex.html  LIBRARY LINKS]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
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*[http://www.esfh.org.uk/ ESSEX FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY]
 
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*[http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/  East of London FHS]
 
  
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*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/essex.html  Local History Society Gateway Page]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/  Essex History Site]
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*Essex R/O. ''Weekly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=656 Tina Marie]
  
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*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/gazetteer/10ess121/10ess121gazA.htm  TOWN and VILLAGE MAPS]
 
  
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/essex/essex_workhouses.htm  Essex Workhouses]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
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*[http://www.essex1841.com/ 1841 Essex Census] Essex 1841 census genealogy and miscellaneous parish records, births, christenings, marriages and deaths
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~ianrose82/chind1.htm  Essex Church Photos] Photos of Essex churches - Comprehensive Site
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*[http://www.essexpast.co.uk/pubs1895.html  Essex Pubs and their Landlords in 1895]
 
  
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*[http://www.brightlingsea-town.co.uk/history/genealogy.htm  Brightlingsea Town Site]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
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*[http://www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames/  Essex Place Names] The Essex Place-names database contains names of fields, roads, inns, houses, farms, and more!!
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*Loughton (and surrounding area) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=61 Cherie]
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*North Essex [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=415 Keith Seeking Salvation]
  
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*[http://essexpub.net/ London & Essex Pubs History & Trade Directory Index]
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==Photo Offers==
  
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*[http://www.simondaw.freeserve.co.uk/castlehedingham.html Castle Hedingham] - includes parish records.
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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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*[http://www.foxearth.org.uk/ The Foxearth and District Local History Society]
 
  
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*[http://www.langleyessex.net/ Welcome to Langley in Essex]
 
  
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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

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


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

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


Back to England

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