Henham, Essex Genealogy

England Essex  Essex Parishes  Henham

Guide to Henham, Essex family history and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Henham, is a village and a parish in the district of Bishop Stortford, and county of Essex. The village stands on a hill, 2 miles NE of Elsenham railway station, and 6 miles NE of Bishop Stortford. The parish includes the hamlet of Pledgdon. There is an Independent chapel.

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.

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain