Liston, Essex Family History Guide
Liston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Alternative names: Lyston
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1599
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LISTON, a parish in the district of Sudbury and county of Essex; on the river Stour, at the boundary with Suffolk, 3 miles NNW of Sudbury r. station. Posttown, Sudbury.
Acres, 631. Real property, £1,510. Pop., 95. Houses, 18. The manor belonged anciently to Hugh de Gournai and to the Listons. Liston Hall is the seat of Mrs. Thornhill.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £163. Patron, R. Lambert, Esq. The church is ancient, and has a tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Baker Samuel, Liston, Essex, miller, Sept. 21, 1822.
Parish Registers
Allegations for Marriage Licences
The following Essex People have been extracted from the book Allegations for Marriage Licences in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, during the years 1684 to 1754 Part 1. Edited by W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A., and Capt. G. G. Bruce Bannerman. Published 1918.
Abbreviations adopted throughout the volume:
Bn. for Bondsman
s.m. for Single man
s.w. For Single woman
w. for Widow or Widower
Wit. for Witness.
It is assumed, unless the contrary appear, that the names of all places are in the county of Suffolk. All additions in [ ] are those of the editor of the book.
Ambrose Paine, of Glenisford, w., & Christian Boel, of Lyston, co. Essex, w., at Melford or Glemsford. 5 Jan., 1687.
Wm. East, of Lyston, co. Essex, s. m., & Elizh Wilding, of Preston, s. w., at Preston. 14 Feb., 1736.
John Gybbons, of Lyston, co. Essex, s. m., 22 years, & Mary Maero, of Glemsford, w., at Glemsford. 1 Sep., 1743.
Saml Webb, of Liston, co. Essex, s. m., & Elizh Prior, of Melford, s. w. 29 Nov., 1687.
Robt Musters, of London, esq., s. m., & Ann Brand, of Liston, co. Essex, s. w., at Stanstead. 12 Feb., 1741.
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Sudbury
- Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Hedingham
- Poor Law Union: Sudbury
- Hundred: Hinckford
- Province: Canterbury