Langford, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Langford St Giles is an Ancient parish in Essex.

The church is a partly Norman construction, heavily restored in 1880-2 by Edward Browning and looks entirely of that period when first viewed. However, on close inspection you can see the evidence of the Norman church in the apse, which is a very rare example of being at the west end. Normally the apse would be at the east end but this church originally had one at each end, which was only a common feature of German churches.

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.

Langford is recorded in the Domesday Book as Lagheforda.

Langford was a possession of Beeleigh Abbey until 6 June 1536 when during the dissolution of the monasteries, King Henry VIII removed the property from the abbey's ownership. Langford is a village on the Dengie peninsula close to Maldon in the English county of Essex. Administratively it is part of the Wickham Bishops and Woodham ward of the Maldon district.

Its name is derived from "long ford", referring to the crossing of the River Blackwater that the village grew up around.

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Civil Registration
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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
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
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Web sites
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