Witham, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex   Essex Parishes



Parish History
Witham (St. Nicholas), is a small town, aparish, a sub-district, a district, a hundred, and a division, in Essex. The town is on the Roman road from London to Colchester, at an intersection of railways, and 8 miles NE of Chelmsford. There is a hea post-office in Witham, and has a head post-office, as well as a railway station. There is an Independent chapel, three other dissenting chapels, and a Roman Catholic chapel. The sub-district contains 7 parishes. The district includes Kelvedon and Cogge. The hundred contains 16 parishes. The division is part of Lexden hundred; and contains 16 parishes.

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
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office Parish registers and Bishop's Transcripts

Census records
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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