Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex Genealogy

England   Essex   Essex Parishes   Stanstead-Mountfitchet

Parish History
Stanstead-Mountfitchet, is a village and a parish in the district of Bishop-Stortford and county of Essex. The village is on the river Stort, and the London and Cambridge railway, 2¾ miles NE of Bishop-Stortford; and has a post-office under Bishop-Stortford, as well as a railway station. There is an Independent chapel, as well as a Quakers' 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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