Little Chesterford Essex Family History Guide
Little Chesterford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629; 1715; 1800
Nonconformists include: Baptists and Wesleyans
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CHESTERFORD (Little), a parish in Saffron-Walden district, Essex; on the river Granta, 1 mile SSE of Chesterford r. station, and 3 NNW of Saffron-Walden. It has a post-office under Saffron-Walden.
Acres, 1, 260. Real property, £1, 899. Pop., 276. Houses, 55. The property is subdivided.
The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Great Chesterford, in the diocese of Rochester. The church is ancient but very good; and has a brass of 1462. Charities, £41.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
CHESTERFORD, LITTLE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Saffron-Walden, hundred of Uttlesford, N. division of Essex, 3 miles (N. W. by N.) from Saffron-Walden; containing 229 inhabitants.
It is separated from the parish of Littlebury by the river Granta, and comprises 1166a. 3r. 9p., of which about 65 acres are pasture, 107 woodland, and the rest arable.
The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Great Chesterford, and valued in the king’s books at £11. The church is a small edifice, partly in the early and partly in the decorated English style; the chancel is separated from the nave by a screen of wood, and contains an ancient tomb of marble, with a recumbent figure of a member of the Walsingham family.
There are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Saffron Walden
- Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Sampford, Post-1846 – Saffron Walden
- Poor Law Union: Saffron Walden
- Hundred: Uttlesford
- Province: Canterbury