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

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Essex, Little Chesterford – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Chesterford, Great and Little, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Essex, Little Chesterford – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Little Chesterford, 1629-1715
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Chesterford (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Little Chesterford, 1800-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Chesterford (Essex)

Parish chest material, 1780-1927
Author: Little Chesterford (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of Little Chesterford (Essex)

Parish register transcripts, 1559-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Chesterford (Essex)

Parish registers for Little Chesterford, 1559-1977
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Chesterford (Essex); Essex Record Office

England, Essex, Little Chesterford – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Little Chesterford, Essex, Eng

England, Essex, Little Chesterford – Land and property ( 1 )
Parish chest material, 1780-1927
Author: Little Chesterford (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of Little Chesterford (Essex)

England, Essex, Little Chesterford – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest material, 1780-1927
Author: Little Chesterford (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of Little Chesterford (Essex)

England, Essex, Little Chesterford – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish chest material, 1780-1927
Author: Little Chesterford (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of Little Chesterford (Essex)

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