Pebmarsh, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Pebmarsh St John the Baptist is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

PEBMARSH (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Halsted, hundred of Hinckford, N. division of Essex, 4 miles (N. E. by E.) from Halsted; containing 614 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2024a. 2r. 27p., of which 1714 acres are arable, 157 meadow land, 90 wood, 26 in gardens, and 36 in roads; the soil is various, but chiefly fertile. The village is pleasantly situated, and intersected by a rivulet, near which a silk-factory has been erected, affording employment to about 300 persons; the straw-bonnet and lint manufactures are likewise carried on. A fair for toys is held on the 24th of June. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10, and in the gift of the Earl of Verulam: the tithes have been commuted for £583, and there are 26½ acres of glebe. The church is a handsome edifice in the later English style, with a tower. Its revenues anciently belonged to the abbey at Clare, in Suffolk.

From: Samuel A. Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 540-542. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51206&amp;amp;strquery=pebmarsh Date accessed: 16 February 2011.

Pebmarsh is a village and a civil parish the Braintree district of Essex County Council. It is situated to the north east of Halstead close to the A131.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Halstead 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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Web sites
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