Little Laver Essex Family History Guide

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Little Laver is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639; 1800

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LAVER (LITTLE), a parish in Ongar district, Essex; 4 ¼ miles N of Ongar, and 5½ ESE of Harlow r. station. Post town, Ongar, under Brentwood. Acres, 968. Real property, £1, 537. Pop., 111. Houses, 27. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £261. Patron, R. Palmer, Esq. The church is a brick building, with a wooden belfry.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, Little Laver – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Little Laver, 1639
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Laver (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Little Laver, 1800-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Laver (Essex)

Parish registers for Little Laver, 1538-1838
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Laver (Essex); Essex Record Office

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Ongar
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Ongar
  • Poor Law Union: Ongar
  • Hundred: Ongar
  • Province: Canterbury