Grays Thurrock, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
THURROCK, GRAYS (St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, in the union of Orsett, hundred of Chafford, S. division of Essex, 22 miles (S. S. W.) from Chelmsford, and 20½ (E. by S.) from London; containing 1464 inhabitants.

The old market-house is used as a place of worship for dissenters.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848).

Grays Thurrock St Peter and St Paul is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Essex.

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.

Grays (or Grays Thurrock is the largest town in the borough and unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex and one of the Thurrock's Church of England parishes. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) to the east of London on the north bank of the River Thames.

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
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Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office St Peter and Paul, also available All Saints, Salisbury Road Strict Baptist Church register of burials, Grays and Romford Primitive Methodist Church baptisms register, London Road Wesleyan Methodist Church Baptisms and Marriages, New Road United Methodist Church baptisms and marriages

Census records
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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
Orsett 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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Web sites
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