Little Oakley, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Little Oakley St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

The village and civil parish are for local government purposes part of Tendring District, Essex.

OAKLEY, LITTLE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Tendring, N. division of Essex, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Harwich; containing 254 inhabitants. It extends along the sea-shore, and comprises 1028 acres, of which 821 are arable, 162 meadow, 15 wood, and 29 common or waste. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £13. 11. 0½.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. George Burmester: the tithes have been commuted for £415, and there is a glebe-house, with upwards of 30 acres of land. The church is a small ancient edifice in the English style, with a tower of stone. Here is a small place of worship for Wesleyans. Some gold coins were found whilst digging under the floor of the church, in 1802.

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 463-467. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51189 Date accessed: 11 April 2011.

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

Probate records
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