Burnham on Crouch, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex   Essex Parishes   Burnham on Crouch

Guide to Burnham on Crouch, Essex family history and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Burnham (St Mary the Virgin), is a village and a parish in Maldon district, Essex. The village stands on river Crouch, opposite Walla sea island, it is 8 1/2 miles NNE of Southend railway station, and 10 miles SE of Maldon. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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
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Poor Law Unions
Maldon 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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