Hadleigh, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex England    Essex Parishes   Hadleigh



Parish History
Hadleigh, is a village and a parish in Rochford district, Essex. The village stands 1 1/2 miles N of Hadleigh Ray, 2 miles NE by E of Benfleet railway station, and 2 1/2 miles S of Rayleigh.

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
Online Images available Seax_-_Essex_Archives_Online_From_the_Essex_Record_Office

See also St Barnabas and Hadleigh Wesleyan Methodist church

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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