Woodford, Essex Genealogy

Guide to Woodford, Essex ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
WOODFORD (St. Mary), is a parish, in the union of West Ham, the hundred of Beacontree, and S. division of Essex, it is 8 miles (N. E. by N.) from London. The church, was erected on the site of a former edifice, in 1817, and is situated in the lowest part of the village, on the west side of the London road. An episcopal chapel has been built; and there are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans.

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

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Essex Record Office (online records available at Essex Archives Online).

Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office

Essex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

St Mary High Rd Woodford Baptisms 1638-1978 Marriages 1638-1974 Burials 1638-1899: ERO Burials 1638-1812: EoLFHS Publications

Woodford Wells Essex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

All Saints Woodford Wells Baptisms 1874-1888 Marriages 1876-1902: ERO

Holy Trinity Hermon Hill South Woodford Baptisms 1887-1964 Marriages 1888-1975: ERO

St Andrew Chingford Rd Woodford Wells Formed 1888

St Barnabas Snakes Lane East Woodford Green Baptisms 1904-1969 Marriages 1911-1970: ERO

St Paul Manor Rd Woodford Bridge Baptisms 1854-1940 Marriages 1855-1958 Burials 1854-1960 ERO

St Philip &amp; St James Grove Hill South Woodford Marriages 1952-1970: ERO

St Thomas of Canterbury (Roman Catholic) High Rd Woodford Green Formed 1894

Dr Barnardo's Homes (Boys) Manor Rd Woodford Bridge Baptisms 1911-1967: Barnardo

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Derby Rd South Woodford Baptisms 1877-1953: ERO

Poor Law Unions
West Ham 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Essex Ancestors - offers images of genealogical records for the county of Essex