Wanstead, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex   Essex Parishes   Wanstead

Parish History
Wanstead, a parish, with Walthom Forest village and Snaresbrook hamlet, in West Ham district, Essex; it is on the river Roding, 1½ miles NW of Ilford railway station, and 7 miles NE of London. It has a post-office under NE London. An Independent chapel was built in 1865.

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

Essex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

St Mary Overton Drive Baptisms 1640-1863 Marriages 1641-1838 Burials 1641-1863: ERO

Christ Church Built 1861 as chapel-of-ease to St Mary

St Gabriel Aldersbrook Rd Baptisms 1903- date Marriages 1914- date: Not deposited

Our Lady of Lourdes (Roman Catholic) Cambridge Park Formed 1919

Poor Law Unions
West Ham 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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