Canvey Island, Essex Family History Guide
Canvey Island is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Essex, created in 1739 from an Island in the River Thames.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St Katharine
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1819
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813
Nonconformists include: Dutch Church
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CANVEY-ISLAND, a chapelry in Billericay and Rochford districts, Essex; encircled by the Thames, opposite the Hope, adjacent to Benfleet r. station, 4½ miles SW of Rayleigh.
It comprises parts of Vauge, Pitsea, Bowers-Gifford, North Benfleet, South Benfleet, Hadleigh, Pritthewell, and Southchurch parishes; and its Post Town is South Benfleet, under Chelmsford. Acres, about 3,500. Pop., 111. The property is much subdivided.
The surface is marshland sheep-pasture; and it is protected all round by embankment, and connected with the mainland by a causeway. Fairs are held on 25 June and 25 Sept.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £58. Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Directories
Post Office Directory of Essex, 1874 – Special Collections Online
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1882 – Special Collections Online
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1894 – Special Collections Online
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1902 – Special Collections Online
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1914 – Special Collections Online
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex 1890 – Google Books
Poll Books
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Billericay; Rochford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Barstable, Post-1844 – Rochford
- Poor Law Union: Rochford
- Hundred: Barstable; Rochford
- Province: Canterbury