Berners Roding, Essex Family History Guide

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Berners Roding is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names: Berners Rooding, Berners Roothing, Roothing-Berners

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1589
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ROOTHING-BERNERS, a parish in Ongar district, Essex; on the river Roding, 6 miles N E by N of Ongar r. station. Post-town, Ongar, under Brentwood.

Acres, 1,050. Real property, £1, 492. Pop., 94. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a p.curacy in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £63. Patron, S. W. Bramston, Esq. The church is tolerable.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ROOTHING, BERNERS, a parish, in the union of Ongar, hundred of Dunmow, N. division of Essex, 5¾ miles (N. E. by N.) from Ongar; containing 103 inhabitants.

This parish, which derives its distinguishing affix from Hugh de Berners, to whom the manor at one time belonged, comprises 1038a. 12p., whereof 841 acres are arable, 162 pasture, and 34 woodland.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £63; patron, T. W. Bramston, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £224. 14.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Essex, Roothing-Berners – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at the Parish Church, Berners Roding, Essex, grid reference 602101; 1591-1985 : 38 inscriptions
Author: Essex Society for Family History

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

England, Essex, Roothing-Berners – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Roothing-Berners, 1813-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Roothing-Berners (Essex)

Parish registers for Roothing-Berners, 1590-1985
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Roothing-Berners (Essex)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Ongar
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Dunmow, Post-1844 – Roding
  • Poor Law Union: Ongar
  • Hundred: Dunmow
  • Province: Canterbury