Little Braxted, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex  Essex Parishes  Little Braxted

Parish History
Braxted, Little or Little Braxted (St. Nicholas), is a parish, in the union and hundred of Witham, N. division of Essex, 1 mile (E.) from Witham.

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 are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office Parish registers, Bishop's Transcripts and Monumental Inscriptions.

Poor Law Unions
Witham Poor Law Union, Essex later from 1883

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


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain