North Shoebury, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
North Shoebury St Mary is an Ancient Parish in Essex.

SHOEBURY, NORTH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Rochford, S. division of Essex, 3¼ miles (E. N. E.) from Southend; containing 202 inhabitants. It is bounded on the south by the parish of South Shoebury, and the two villages are nearly contiguous. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £9, and in the patronage of the Crown: the impropriate tithes, belonging to Mrs. James, have been commuted for £347, and the vicarial for £163; the glebe comprises 10 acres. The church, a small ancient edifice with a tower and spire, contains a handsome monument to John Ibbotson, who was secretary to the admiralty.

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 87-90. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51274&amp;amp;strquery=north shoebury Date accessed: 01 February 2011.

North Shoebury (once Shoebury Parva and Little Shoebury) is a district and former village in the north-east of Southend-on-Sea in the county of Essex. North Shoebury was, until 1 October 1933, additionally a civil parish; on this date it was abolished and administration split between Southend-on-Sea and Great Wakering parishes.

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.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Rochford Poor Law Union, Essex

Probate records
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