Matching, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Matching, is a village and a parish in Epping district, Essex. The village stands 3¾ miles E of Harlow railway station, and 8 miles NE of Epping. The parish contains also the hamlet of Ovesham; and has a post office, of the name of Matching-Green, under Harlow.

Matching St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

The church of ST. MARY THE VIRGIN stands on a green in the centre of the parish, close to Matching Hall. The church was restored and enlarged in 1875 to designs by Sir Arthur Blomfield, at the cost of Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, Bt. (fn. 248) The nave was extended one bay eastwards, the north aisle, chancel, and south porch were rebuilt, and the north organ chamber and vestry and the south chapel were added. The roof timbers were renewed, but three 14th-century corbels remain in the south aisle. Further roof repairs were carried out by Felsted School in 1907.

From: A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8 (1983), pp. 196-206. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63853&amp;amp;strquery=matching Date accessed: 26 January 2011.

Matching is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England.

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

Census records
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
Epping Poor Law Union, Essex

Church House, Matching Green, recorded in 1668, was said in 1768 to have been given for the repair of the church. In the 18th century it was the Cock alehouse, the rent of which was often applied to poor relief. ) It still belonged to the church in 1843. In 1981 it was a private house, Lone Pine Cottage.

From: 'Parishes: Matching', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8 (1983), pp. 196-206. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63853&amp;amp;strquery=matching Date accessed: 26 January 2011.

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.

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Web sites
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