Terling, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Terling All Saints is an Ancient parish in Essex.

Terling (pronounced Ter-ling or Tar-ling) is a village and civil parish which for local government purposes is in the Braintree district of the county of Essex, between the town of Witham and the villages of Great Leighs and Hatfield Peverel. The village was mentioned in the Domesday book.

The locale Rayleigh Arms commemorates Lord Rayleigh being the title of the head of the Strutt baronage who live in the manor house, Terling Place. The village comprises two main areas, Terling and Gambles Green.

The Congregational Church (now Terling United Reformed Church) is a listed building and active congregation.

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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Essex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office All Saints parish registers, Bishop's Transcripts, Monumental Inscriptions and Mariage register transcript.

Terling Congregational Church transcript of baptisms and Monumental Inscriptions

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
Witham 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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