Sutton, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Sutton with Shopland All Saints is an Ancient Parish in Essex.

Sutton with Shopland All Saints Church is of Norman origin and boasts a medieval coffin lid and brass of 1371 from the demolished ancient church at Shopland. The brass depicts Sir Thomas Stapel, Sergeant at Arms to Edward III, in armour such as he would have worn at the Battle of Crecy.

SUTTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Rochford, S. division of Essex, 1 mile (S. E. by S.) from Rochford; containing 120 inhabitants. The parish derives its name, originally South-town, from its position with respect to Rochford. It comprises about 511 acres of arable land, and 124 of pasture, besides which there is a considerable portion called saltings. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £11, and in the gift of J. Aitkin, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £270, and the glebe comprises 10 acres. The church is a small ancient edifice with a stone tower.

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 271-274. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51319 Date accessed: 01 February 2011.

The area is known locally as Sutton with Shopland. The civil parish of Shopland was amalgamated with Sutton in 1933.

Sutton is a civil parish in the District of Rochford in Essex. It is located between the River Roach and the adjoining Borough of Southend on Sea, and includes the Hamlet of Shopland. It has a population of 127, the smallest in the District, although at the time of the Domesday Book it had a flourishing village with its own market and fair.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Rochford 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.

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