Rettendon, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Rettendon All Saints is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.Other places in the parish include: Battle Bridge.

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.

RETTENDON (All Saints), a parish, in the union and hundred of Chelmsford, S. division of Essex, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Wickford; containing 807 inhabitants. It is situated on the navigable river Crouch, and comprises by computation 3363 acres of titheable land, of which 464 are pasture, and 26 wood; the soil is a highly productive loam, and the surface partly hilly, and partly level. Rettendon formerly belonged to the bishops of Ely, who had a palace here, which is at present a farmhouse. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £32. 6. 3., and in the gift of the Bishop of Ely: the tithes have been commuted for £830, and the glebe comprises 84 acres. The church is a small ancient edifice with a square embattled tower, and contains several interesting monuments. A school is endowed with £20 per annum.

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 655-659. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51235&amp;strquery=rettendon Date accessed: 21 February 2011.

Rettendon is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chelmsford in Essex about 8 miles (13 km) south east of the county town Chelmsford. Situated near the River Crouch the village was once owned by the Bishop of Ely. The A130 formerly passed through the village.

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

Probate records
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