Paglesham, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Paglesham St Peter (Paglesham Churchend) is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex. Other places in the parish include: East End.

PAGLESHAM (St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Rochford, S. division of Essex, 4 miles (N. E. by E.) from Rochford; containing 436 inhabitants. This parish, which includes the western portion of Wallasea Island, is bounded on the north by the navigable river Crouch, and on the south by the Bromhill; and comprises by computation 1840 acres, of which about 1200 are arable, 400 pasture, 10 woodland, and 130 common or waste. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £26, and in the gift of the Bishop of London: the tithes have been commuted for £560; the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church is a small ancient edifice.

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 525-530. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51202&amp;amp;strquery=paglesham Date accessed: 01 February 2011.

Paglesham is situated in the north east of the Rochford Rural District, Essex for local government purposes. The Parish of Paglesham includes two hamlets of East End and Church End, which are situated near the River Crouch and Paglesham Creek. It is part of the Roach Valley Conservation Zone.

At the East End is The Plough and Sail Public House. There is an unmade road (Waterside Road) full of large potholes leading to a boatyard on the River Roach. There are small number of houses.

At Church End, the Church, St Peter and the Punch Bowl Inn can be found. There are a small number of houses and a farm.

The two hamlets form one of Essex’s oldest fishing villages and the area was once renowned as a smuggling centre. Including being home to one of the more famous smugglers in the region, Hard Apple, who was actually the parish councillor and local constable William Blyth.

Paglesham was also an old civil parish, connected to Rochford. The town was the fictional hometown of Julie Christie's character in Heaven Can Wait with Warren Beatty.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

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Poor Law Unions
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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