North Weald, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
North Weald, Weald, North, or North-Weald-Basset (St. Andrew), is a parish, in the union of Epping, partly in the hundred of Harlow, but chiefly in that of Ongar, S. division of Essex, 3 miles (N. E. by E.) from Epping; containing, with the hamlets of Hastingwood and Thornwood.

North Weald St Andrew is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex. Other places in the parish include: Thornwood, Hastingwood, and North West Bassett.

There was certainly a church in North Weald in the 12th century, but the oldest parts of the present building date from about 1330. In the south wall of the aisle is a 14th-century window of two trefoiled ogee lights in a square head, containing fragments of 14th-century glass.There is a lettered inscription: 'Orate pro bono statu Thome Wyher, diacon.' The west tower was built about 1500. On the south wall is a sundial dated 1706. In 1865 the church was reroofed.In 1867 the chancel was rebuilt. There are six bells, dated 1755, 1887 (the recasting of a 1712 bell), 1712, 1755, 1673, and 1803.

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 North Weald Bassett St Andrew

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
Epping 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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