Panfield, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex   Essex Parishes   Panfield

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 * image = St. Mary Panfield, Essex .jpg
 * caption = St. Mary Panfield, Essex
 * Type = Ancient Parish
 * County = Essex
 * Hundred = Hinckford
 * Poor Law Union = Braintree
 * Registration District = Braintree
 * PRbegin = 1569
 * BTbegin = 1629
 * Province = Canterbury
 * Diocese = Pre-1846 - London; Post-1845 - Rochester
 * Archdeaconry =
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 * Rural Deanery = Hedingham
 * Parish =
 * Peculiar =
 * Chapelry =
 * Probate Court = Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
 * Archdeaconry Court =
 * Bishops Court =
 * Prerogative Court =
 * Archive = Essex Record Office

Parish History
Panfield, or Pantfield, is a parish in Braintree district, Essex; near the river Pant, 2 miles N W by N of Braintree railway station. The post-town is, Braintree.

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

Poor Law Unions
Braintree 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
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