Kirby le Soken, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex

Parish History
Kirby le Soken St Michael is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.Other places in the parish include: Sneating, Kirby Cross, and Upper Street.

The parish is situated in an area of land called the Le-Sokens in Essex and is isolated from Kirby Cross, Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze by fields.

Kirby was originally a scattered farming community with an upper and lower road. Many people still refer to the village as lower Kirby with the upper road now known as Kirby Cross.

Kirby-le-Soken is a small village and civil parish for local government purposes in the Tendring District of North East Essex, in an agricultural and increasingly residential corner of the county. The village has managed to stay distinct and separate from the growing conurbations of Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze (formerly Walton-le-Soken),nearby.

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 Includes Parish registers, Bishop's transcripts and Parish register transcripts

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
Tendring_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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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