Coggeshall, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex   Essex Parishes



Parish History
Coggeshall, is a town and sub district in the district of Witham, Essex. The town is chiefly in Great Coggeshall parish, partly in Little Coggeshall; and it stands on the Roman road from colchester, and on the river Blackwater, it is 2 1/2 miles NW of Kelvedon railway station, and 6 miles E by S of Braintree. Ther are 5 dissenting chapels in the parish; Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Wesleyans.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
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Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office St Peter ad Vincula parish registers Bishop's Transcripts and register transcripts. Also Coggleshal baptist Church, Coggleshall Congrgational Church and Coggeshall monthly meeting Bishop's transcripts burials

Census records
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Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
Witham Poor Law Union, Essex

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Essex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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