Little Bentley Essex Family History Guide
Little Bentley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BENTLEY (Little), a parish in Tendring district, Essex; 2¾ miles NNE of Bentley r. station, and 7½ E of Colchester. It has a post-office under Colchester.
Acres, 2,012. Real property, £3,453. Pop., 458. Houses, 101. The property is much subdivided.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £650. Patron, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BENTLEY, LITTLE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Tendring, N. division of Essex, 8 miles (E.) from Colchester; containing 472 inhabitants.
It comprises 2000a. 2r. 14p., of which 1660 acres are arable, 135 pasture, and 162 woodland.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13, and in the patronage of Emmanuel College, Cambridge: the tithes have been commuted for £650, and there are 58 acres of glebe. The church is an ancient building, consisting of a nave, north aisle, and chancel, with a tower of stone. A chantry was founded by Sir John Le Gros.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and a school is partly supported by the rector.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Tendring
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Tendring, Post-1846 – Ardleigh
- Poor Law Union: Tendring
- Hundred: Tendring
- Province: Canterbury