Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas is an Ancient parish in the county of Essex.

Tolleshunt D'Arcy is a village and civil parish in the county of Essex in the East of England.

The Parish has a Parish council, and lies within the area of Maldon District Council for purposes of local governmentl.

Margery Allingham the crime writer lived with her husband at D'Arcy House in the centre of the village from 1935 until her death in 1966. Her memoir "The Oaken Heart" (1941) was based on life in the village during the war.

In 1985, Jeremy Bamber allegedly shot dead his adoptive parents and their twin children and daughter at the family farmhouse about one kilometre from the centre of the village. He received life tariff for this, but protests his innocence.

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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 parish regsiters, Bishop's transcripts, monumental inscriptions and transcripts.

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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Web sites
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