Moulsham, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex  Essex Parishes



Parish History
Moulsham, is a hamlet, in the parish, union, and hundred of Chelmsford, S. division of Essex, ¾ of a mile (S. W.) from Chelmsford.

Moulsham St John the Evangelist is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Essex, created in 1838 from Chelmsford Essex. Ancient Parish as part of the expansion of Chelmsford town and creation of district churches. Moulsham gained its own church in 1837 when St John’s was constructed opposite Anchor Street on the south side of Moulsham Street at a cost of £2500. The familiar square tower was added in 1883.

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
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

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

Census records
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
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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