Lexden Essex Family History Guide

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Lexden is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Roman Catholic, and Society of Friends/Quaker.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LEXDEN, a village and a parish in Colchester district, and within Colchester borough, Essex.

The village stands on the river Colne, near the Eastern Counties railway, 1 mile W of Colchester; dates from at least the time of the Confessor; and has a post-office, under Colchester.

The parish comprises 2,440 acres. Real property, £9,799. Pop., 1,543. Houses, 337. Lexden Lodge was formerly the seat of the Lords Fitzwalters, and is surrounded by a moat. Lexden Park has some fine trees and a pleasant lakelet. There are several good residences, with pleasure-grounds. Some ancient entrenchments are on Lexden Heath.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £566. Patron, Mrs. E. Papillon. The church was repaired in 1821.

There is a national school, with £20 a year from endowment.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Essex, Lexden – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at St. Leonard’s church and churchyard, Lexden, Essex : 1098 inscriptions
Author: Austin, Margaret; Laver, Henry

England, Essex, Lexden – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Lexden, 1800-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lexden (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Stanway-All Saints, 1845-1877
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stanway-All Saints (Essex)

Parish registers for Lexden, 1560-1981
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lexden (Essex); Essex Record Office

England, Essex, Lexden – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Colchester extra mural parish registers : indexes and transcripts 1752-1812, 1813-1851 : Berechurch, Greenstead, Lexden, Mile End
Author: Essex Society for Family History

Computer printout of Lexden, St. Leonard, Essex, Eng

Parish register printouts of Lexden, Essex, England (St. Leonard) ; christenings, 1560-1657
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Essex, Lexden – Occupations ( 1 )
Tithe and overseers records, 1669-1851
Author: Lexden (Essex)

England, Essex, Lexden – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Tithe and overseers records, 1669-1851
Author: Lexden (Essex)

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Colchester
  • Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Colchester
  • Poor Law Union: Colchester
  • Hundred: Colchester Borough
  • Province: Canterbury