Great Braxted, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Great Braxted All Saints is an Ancient parish in Essex.

Set in the parkland of Braxted Park, the church is basically a Norman building with some later additions. The 13th century chancel was originally apsed. The materials used to build the church include Roman bricks, which probably came from Colchester.

The Parish of Great Braxted is bordered in the NW by the River Blackwater and surrounded (in a clockwise direction) by the Parishes of Kelvedon, Essex, Tiptree,  Little Totham, Essex,  Great Totham, Essex and  Little Braxted, Essex.

Historic records go back to the time of Edward the Confessor (1042) and church registers to 1558. The hamlet of Great Braxted was moved from the lands of Braxted Park when a 4-mile long wall enclosed the Park after the Napoleonic Wars. Whilst the village now lies about 1 to 1½ miles away, the church of All Saints is still located within the confines of Braxted Park and the Wall.

The modern parish is part of the United Benefice of Tolleshunt Knights with Tiptree and Great Braxted in the Diocese of Chelmsford.

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 All Saints

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
Witham Poor Law Union, Essex later from 1883

Maldon 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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