Buttsbury, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex   Essex Parishes



Parish History
Buttsbury, is a parish in Chelmsford district, Essex; on the river Wid and on the Eastern Counties railway, it is 1 1/2 miles SE of Ingatestone railway station, and 6 1/2 miles SSW of Chelmsford.

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
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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
Chelmsford Poor Law Union, Essex

Parish chest materials, 1818-1935 Microfilm copy of original at Essex Record Office in Chelmsford, England.Contents: item 17. Vestry minutes, 1857-1935 -- item 18. Preabulation, 1818 -- item 19. Parish council minutes, 1894-1900 -- item 20. Parish council records, 1894-1934. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, no.: D/P390/8, 30/1-2, D/P54/28/3. Parish chest materials, 1818-1935 FHL BRITISH Film 1657347 Items 17-20

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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