Rayleigh, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex   Essex Parishes   Rayleigh

Parish History
Rayleigh, or Raleigh, is a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Rochford district, Essex. The village stands 4 miles N N E of Benfleet railway station, and 4½ miles W by N of Rochford. It has a post-office under Chelmsford. There are a Baptist 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.

Church records
Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office

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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