Salcott Virley, Essex Genealogy

England Essex   Essex Parishes   Salcott Virley



Parish History
SALCOTT (St. Mary), is a parish, in the union of Lexden and Winstree, the hundred of Winstree, and N. division of Essex, it is 8½ miles (S. S. W.) from Colchester. This parish, is also called Salcott-Verley : the village is situated on the south bank of the Verley channel.

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 Salcott St Mary

Virley Essex Online Parish Clerks (OPC)

Poor Law Unions
Lexden and Winstree 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
 * Vision of Britain