Cold Norton, Essex Family History Guide
Cold Norton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St Stephen
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1539
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629
Nonconformists include:
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
COLD-NORTON, a parish in Maldon district, Essex; 5 miles S of Maldon r. station. Post town, Maldon.
Acres, 1,651. Real property, £1,670. Pop., 207. Houses, 46. The property is much subdivided.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £328. Patron, the Charterhouse, London. The church was built in 1855.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
NORTON, COLD (St. Stephen), a parish, in the union of Maldon, hundred of Dengie, S. division of the county of Essex, 5 miles (S.) from Maldon; containing 264 inhabitants.
It comprises 1651a. 1r. 28p. of land. The soil is chiefly clay; the surface is hilly, and was formerly enriched with oaks of luxuriant growth, of which a few still remain.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £16. 13. 4., and in the gift of the Governors of the Charter-House, London: the tithes have been commuted for £385, and the glebe comprises 42 acres. The church is a small edifice with a shingled spire, situated on an eminence, and contains some ancient monuments.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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: Maldon
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Dengie, Post-1844 – Maldon
- Poor Law Union: Maldon
- Hundred: Dengie
- Province: Canterbury