Cornish Hall End, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex



Parish History
Cornish Hall End St John the Evnagelist is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Essex, created in 1842 from Finchingfield, Essex,  Birdbrook, Essex and  Ridgewell, Essex Ancient Parishes.

A chapel has been erected at Cornish-Hall End, in the parish, the patronage of which is vested in the Bishop of London; it is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, and the net income of the incumbent is £100. There is a place of worship for Independents. William Bendlowes, in 1576, founded an almshouse for four widows; and Ann Cole, in 1730, gave the fourth share of a farm now let for £60 per annum, for instructing and apprenticing children.

From: 'Finchampstead - Fishburn', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 235-238. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50963&amp;amp;strquery=cornish hall end Date accessed: 16 February 2011.

Cornish Hall End is on the B1057 three miles north of Finchingfield and four miles south of Steeple Bumpstead in the Braintree district of Essex. The main part of the village is a ribbon development of about 60 houses on either side of the road with many outlying farms, hamlets and individual houses.

It is approximately 11 miles from Braintree, Great Dunmow and Saffron Walden, and about 7 miles from Haverhill in Suffolk.

Cornish Hall End is served by a Parish Council which also represents Finchingfield, Shalford &amp; Wethersfield.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Braintree Poor Law Union, Essex part

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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Web sites
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