Faulkbourne, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Faulkbourne St Germain often called St Germans is an Ancient parish in Essex

Faulkbourne is a civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, about 2 miles (3 km) north-west of Witham. St Germans, FaulkbourneAccording to Faulkbourne's Victorian era rector, the Rev. Frederick Spurrell, the name of the village (which was also spelled "Faulkbourn") is probably derived from the Old English words "falk" or "folc" (meaning "folk") and "burn" (meaning "well").

The parish church, along this those of Fairstead, Essex &amp; White Notley White Notley, Essex are part of a United benefice within the Chelmsford diocese administered by the Rector of  Terling, Essex.

"FAULKBOURN, a parish in Witham district, Essex; on the river Brain, adjacent to the Braintree railway, 2½ miles NW of Witham. It has a post office under Witham. Acres, 1, 151. Real property, £2, 139. Pop., 143. Houses, 31. The manor belonged to Hamo Dapifer, and went to the Fortescues. Faulkbourn Hall, now the seat of the Rev. W. T. Bullock, was originally built in 1440, by Sir R. Montgomery; retains a Norman tower, with polygonal turrets, having pyramidal crocketted canopies and bartisans; forms, on the west of the entrance-tower, three sides of a quadrangle; contains a fine collection of pictures by Vandyke, Vandervelde, and Beechy: and is said to occupy the site of a Roman villa. A cedar here has a girth of 18½ feet. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £267.* Patron, the Rev. W. T. Bullock. The church is Norman; 1ias two brasses of the 16th century; and is good. Charities, £7."

John Marius Wilson, ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales' (1870)

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office parish registers Bishop's transcripts, monumental inscriptions

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

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
Witham 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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