St Lawrence Newland, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
St Larence Newland or Lawrence (St.)-Newland, is a parish in Maldon district, Essex; on the estuary of the Blackwater, 8½ miles ESE of Maldon railway station. The post town is, Tillingham, under Maldon.

St Lawrence Newland is an Ancient parish in Essex St Lawrence Newland is a civil parish on the Dengie peninsula and is for local government purposes part of the Maldon District of Essex.

A brief description of White's Directory of Essex 1848 contains the following entry:

"ST. LAWRENCE NEWLAND is a pleasant and fertile parish, 8 miles East by South of Maldon, extending northward to the marshes on the south side of the broad estuary of the Blackwater.

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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Parish registers for St. Lawrence-Newland Microfilm of original records at the Essex Record Office, Chelmsford. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, no.: D/P361/1/1-2A, 12-13.

Baptisms, 1704-1772; marriages, 1705-1753; burials, 1704-1771. Baptisms, burials, 1766-1812. Marriages, 1754-1836. Marriage banns, 1941-1981. FHL BRITISH Film 1472679 Items 17 - 21 Baptisms, 1704-1772; marriages, 1705-1753; burials, 1704-1771 (another filming). Marriages, 1754-1812 (another filming). FHL BRITISH Film 857057 Items 9 - 10

Bishop's transcripts for St. Lawrence-Newland Microfilm copy of original at Essex Record Office in Chelmsford, England. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, no.: D/CR 311.

Baptisms, burials, 1800-1833, 1848-1870; marriages, 1800-1833, 1848. FHL BRITISH Film 1702557 Item 5

Bishop's transcripts for St. Lawrence-Newland Microfilm of original records at the Guildhall Library, London. IN Copies of parish registers brought in at visitations, various dates / Church of England. Diocese of London.

Baptisms, marriages, burials 1629-1631 (134th parish) FHL BRITISH Film 413720 Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1639-1640 (154th parish) FHL BRITISH Film 413721

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
Maldon 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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Web sites
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