Asheldham Essex Family History Guide

Asheldham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names: Asheldon

Parish church: St Lawrence

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1755
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629; 1800

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASHELDHAM, a parish in Maldon district, Essex; near the coast, 10 miles ESE of Maldon r. station. Post Town, Tillingham under Maldon.

Acres, 2,398: of which 700 are water. Real property, £1,950. Pop., 212. Houses, 38. The surface is low, and partly marshy.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £339. Patron, the Bishop of Rochester.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Asheldham, 7 m. S.E. Maldon. P.219

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ASHELDHAM (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union of Maldon, hundred of Dengie, S. division of Essex, 2 miles (N. E.) from Southminster; containing 219 inhabitants.

This parish, which is situated on the sea-shore, comprises an area of about 3 square miles.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £16. 13. 4.; patron, the Bishop of London; appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s. The tithes have been commuted for £408. 10., and there are 40 acres of glebe. The church is a plain building, consisting of a nave and chancel, with a low square tower.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848