Creeksea, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex

Parish History
Creeksea has a number of variations of spelling found in old documents including Cricksea, Crykseye and Crixsey.

The local church is All Saints, the modern parish is in the Diocese of Chelmsford. The church was built in the 14th century and then rebuilt in 1878. Creeksea Church was rebuilt in 1878 by Mr F Chancellor on the site of the old 14th century church.

The interior has a 15th century font and a brass dated 1631 of Sir Arthur Harris of Creeksea Place. The church reflects the use of material from the old church with its mixture of red brick, flint and tile. It has one bell was cast in 1552.In 1906 the church was badly damaged by a fire caused by a stove in the centre of the church.

The diocese of Chelmsford was created in 1914, prior to this Essex parishes were in the jurisdiction of the Bishops of London until 1845 when they transferred to the diocese of Rochester. The diocese of Chelmsford has 474 parishes and 600 churches and is the second largest region in the church of England outside London.

Creeksea is a village in Essex, England, on the Dengie peninsula on the north side of the River Crouch, one mile west of Burnham on Crouch. It is part of the Maldon district for local government purposes.

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
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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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