Thundersley, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex   Essex Parishes , is a parish in Rochford district, Essex; it is 1¾ mile



Parish History
Thundersley, is a parish in Rochford district, Essex; it is 1¾ mile SW of Rayleigh, and 2¼ miles N E of Benfleet railway station. The post town is, Rayleigh, under Chelmsford.

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

Essex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office See also Daws Heath Evangelical Church

Bishop's transcripts for Thundersley, 1639-1640 Microfilm of original records at the Guildhall Library, London. In Copies of parish registers brought in at visitations, various dates / Church of England. Diocese of London.

Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1639-1640 (185th parish). FHL BRITISH Film 413721

Bishop's transcripts for Thundersley, 1800-1868 Microfilm copy of original at Essex Record Office in Chelmsford, England. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, reference: D/CR 364.

Bishop's transcripts for Thundersley, 1800-1868 Microfilm copy of original at Essex Record Office in Chelmsford, England.High reduction (42x) microfilm. Use high magnification reader. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, reference: D/CR 364. Baptisms, burials, 1800-1803, 1813-1833, 1849-1868; marriages, 1800-1803, 1813-1834. FHL BRITISH Film 1702645 Item 3

Poor Law Unions
Due to the size and location of the parish part Billericay Poor Law Union, Essex part

Rochford 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.

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