Rochford, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Rochford, is a small town, a parish, a sub-district, a district, and a hundred, in Essex. The town stands on the river Roche or Bromhill, an affluent of the river Crouch, 3½ miles N by W of Southend railway station, and 16½ miles S E of Chelmsford. It has a post-office under Chelmsford. There is an Independent and Wesleyan chapel.

Rochford is a small town in the Rochford district of Essex in the East of England. It is sited about 43 miles (69.2 km) from Central London and approximately 21 miles (33.8 km) from the Essex county town, Chelmsford. The civil parish of Rochford, which includes the town proper, Stroud Green, and London Southend Airport forms an district for local government purposes, which includes several other civil parishes.

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

See also Rochford Hospital, Rochford Wesleyan Methodist Church, Rochford Congregational Church and Rocheway Evangelical Church

Census records
Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
Rochford Poor Law Union, Essex

Microfilm copy of original at the Essex Record Office, Colchester. Churchwardens and overseers records, 1658-1913 Essex Record Office, Colchester, reference: D/P129/5/1-3, D/P129/8-10, D/P129/11/1-3, 12/1-6, 13/1A-5, 14/1-3, 15/1-4, 16/1-6, 17/1-9, 18/1-14, D/P129/21, 25/1, 28/1-5.

Churchwardens accounts, 1742-1913 Vestry records, 1785-1824 Constable records, 1742, 1774, 1829 Overseers rates, 1797, 1804, 1823 Overseers accounts, 1773-1774, 1800-1802 FHL BRITISH Film 1471655 Items 15-26 Overseers accounts, 1762-1809 FHL BRITISH Film 1471878 Overseers accounts, 1808-1869 Overseers settlements, 1698-1830 FHL BRITISH Film 1471879 Overseers settlements, 1808-1830 Apprenticeships, 1658-1659, 1709-1711, 1728-1812, 1823-1829 Bastardy records, 1712-1718, 1732, 1754-1756, 1767-1771, 1783-1795, 1809-1829 Settlements, 1704, 1756, 1791-1796, 1810, 1823-1829 Militia records, 1778, 1795-1809 Miscellaneous, 1773-1830 Surveyors accounts, 1782-1794 Charities, 1777 Miscellaneous, 1742, 1796-1805, 1820, 1898 FHL BRITISH Film 1471731 Items 1-44

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.

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