Stock Harvard, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Stock Harvard All Saints is an Ancient Parish in Essex. The village is now known as Stock and this is the designation in the Essex Record Office reference D/P 54/ - older records may refer to Stock Harvard.

The origins of the village are uncertain and are subject to debate. In prehistoric times during the Iron Age period there was a settlement in the village, although it is known to have been one of the stations on the Roman Road between Chelmsford and Colchester. The village is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, but that does not mean that it did not exist at the time as it may have been an outlying settlement of another place. Formerly half of the village was in the parish of Buttsbury. Further the parish had within its boundaries a hamlet which was a detached part of Orsett. Both of these anomalies have now been resolved.

The diocese of Chelmsford was created in 1914, prior to this Essex parishes were in the jurisdiction of the Bishops of London until 1845 when they transferred to the diocese of Rochester. The diocese of Chelmsford has 474 parishes and 600 churches and is the second largest region in the Church of England outside London.

STOCK (All Saints), a parish, in the union and hundred of Chelmsford, S. division of Essex, 3 miles (R. by S.) from Ingatestone; containing 605 inhabitants. The parish is almost surrounded by that of Buttsbury, in which it is supposed to have been formerly a hamlet. It comprises 1848 acres, whereof 1425 are arable and in homesteads, 261 grasses, 97 woodland, and 65 waste; the soil is in some parts very fertile, and there is abundance of fine clay for making bricks of superior quality. The living is a rectory, with that of Ramsden-Bellhouse annexed, valued in the king's books at £10; net income, £658; patron, the Rev. Edward Edison. The tithes of Stock have been commuted for £428. 10., and the glebe comprises 25 acres. The church is a large edifice of brick, with a turret of wood; in the south wall is a table monument with the recumbent figure of an armed warrior. There is a place of worship for Independents. Among former rectors of the parish was Charles Hoole, master of Rotherham and other schools, and editor of several useful school books; he was incumbent from 1660 to 1667.

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 207-209. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51304 Date accessed: 19 February 2011.

Stock is a village and civil parish in south Essex, England. It is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the borough of Chelmsford and in the parliamentary constituency of Maldon.

There are three churches in the village: St Mary and Joseph (Catholic), All Saints (Anglican) and Christ Church (Free).

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 All Saints see also Crondon Park Roman Catholic Chapel, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Stock Congregational Church

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Chelmsford 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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