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

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

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

England, Essex, Canvey-Island – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Canvey-Island, 1813-1867
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Canvey-Island (Essex)

England, Essex, Canvey-Island – History ( 1 )
A history of Canvey Island
Author: McCave, Fred

Directories

Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent … , 1855. [Part 1: Counties & Localities] – Special Collections Online

Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent … , 1855. [Part 2: Court & Trade Directories] – Special Collections Online

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

Essex Poll Book 1842. Copy of the Register of the Electors, of the Northern Division of the County of Essex, for the year commencing Nov. 1st., 1841, and ending Oct. 31st., 1842 – Google 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