Elmdon, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex

Parish History
Elmdon is an Ancient Parish in Essex.

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.

ELMDON (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Saffron-Walden, hundred of Uttlesford, N. division of Essex, 5½ miles (W. by N.) from SaffronWalden; containing 680 inhabitants. The parish is situated near the confines of the county of Cambridge, and comprises 3197a. 3r. 18p., of which 153 acres are woodland; the surface is hilly, and the soil rests on chalk. The village is built on the declivities of two low hills, and has a picturesque appearance. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Wendon-Lofts, and valued in the king's books at £19; impropriator, John Wilkes, Esq. The church is an ancient edifice with a square embattled tower. A Sunday school, in union with the National Society, is supported by a rentcharge of £14 per annum, bequeathed by Thomas Crawley in 1559.

From: 'Elloughton - Elmsett', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 161-164. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50945&amp;amp;strquery=elmdon Date accessed: 14 February 2011.

Elmdon is a village in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, near the boundary with Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Probate records
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