St Lawrence Newland, Essex Genealogy

Guide to St Lawrence Newland, Essex ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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

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
St Lawrence Newland parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:


 * 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

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 * 1613-1971 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
St Lawrence Newland on GENUKI

Essex Ancestors - offers images of genealogical records for the county of Essex ($)