Ramsey, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
RAMSEY, a village and a parish in Tendring district, Essex. The village stands on a creek of the river Stour, 2 miles W by S of Dovercourt r. station, and 3 W S W of Harwich; commands a fine view over the river Stour; and has a post-office under Harwich, and a fair on 15 June. The parish comprises 5, 238 acres of land, and 1, 455 of water. Real property, £6, 856. Pop., 605. Houses, 139. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to E. W. Garland, Esq. Stour Hall, Hill House, Foulton Hall, and South Hall are chief residences. About 500 acres were recently embanked from the sea. Copperas has been worked near Stourwood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £301.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church stands on a hill, and has a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school, and charities £38.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870)

The Suffolk parishes of Erwarton, Suffolk, Harkstead, Suffolk and Shotley, Suffolk are contiguous to the parish.

The modern parish is part of the Harwich Peninsula benefice within the Harwich Deanery and Colchester Archdeaconry of the Diocese of Chelmsford.

This church dates back to the 12th century. The tower is 15th century and mainly built of brick. The nave and chancel are cement rendered and the church is Grade 1 listed building.

Ramsey is a village and civil parish on the B1352 road (near the A120 road), near Harwich,which for local government purposes is in the Tendring district, in the north east of Essex, adjoining the county boundary with Suffolk.

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

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
Tendring 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

Web sites
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British Listed Building http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-120292-parish-church-of-st-michael-ramsey-and-p

Harwich peninsula parish website http://www.harwichpeninsulaparish.co.uk/st_michaels.html