Elsenham, Essex Family History Guide

Elsenham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1731
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ELSENHAM, a village and a parish in the district of Bishop-Stortford and county of Essex. The village stands adjacent to the London and Cambridge railway, 5 miles NE by N of Bishop-Stortford; and has a station on the railway.

The parish comprises 1,829 acres; and its post town is Stanstead, under Bishop-Stortford. Real property, £2,685. Pop., 480. Houses, 102. The property is divided among a few. Elsenham Hall is a chief residence.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £92. Patrons, Trustees. The church is good; and there are charities £9.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ELSENHAM (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Bishop-Stortford, hundred of Uttlesford, N. division of Essex, 5 miles (N. E.) from Bishop-Stortford; containing 491 inhabitants.

This parish is separated from that of Stansted-Mountfitchet by a small rivulet, and comprises 1825a. 2r. 8p., of which 1269 acres are arable, 320 meadow, and 105 woodland. Here is a station of the railway from London to Cambridge, situated about midway between the stations at Newport and Bishop-Stortford.

The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £11. 10.; patron, incumbent, and impropriator, the Rev. Thomas Canning; the great tithes have been commuted for £438, and the vicarial for £164; the impropriate glebe comprises 10 acres, and the vicarial 31 acres. The church is an ancient structure, with a square embattled tower surmounted by a slender spire, and contains many interesting details of early Norman architecture.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Essex, Elsenham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Elsenham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Essex, Elsenham – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Elsenham, 1800-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Elsenham (Essex)

Parish registers for Elsenham, 1731-1904
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Elsenham (Essex); Essex Record Office

England, Essex, Elsenham – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Elsenham, Essex, Eng

Parish register printouts of Elsenham, Essex, England, christenings, 1731-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Bishops Stortford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Sampford, Post-1846 – Newport
  • Poor Law Union: Bishop’s Stortford
  • Hundred: Uttlesford
  • Province: Canterbury