Little Sampford Essex Family History Guide

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

Alternative names: New Sampford

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1562
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629; 1802

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SAMPFORD (Little), a parish in Saffron-Walden district, Essex; on the river Pant, 3½ miles ENE of Thaxted, and 6¼ SSW of Birdbrook r. station. Post-town, Finchingfield, under Braintree.

Acres, 1, 990. Real property, £3, 878. Pop., 477. Houses, 100. S. Hall is the seat of Sir W. Brown, Bart.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £494. Patron, New College, Oxford. The church consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with tower and spire. Charities, £13.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

SAMPFORD, LITTLE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Saffron-Walden, hundred of Freshwell, N. division of Essex, 14 miles (N. W. by N.) from Braintree; containing 470 inhabitants.

It comprises 2779a. 3r. 7p., of which 500 acres are meadow and pasture, 130 woodland, and the remainder chiefly arable; the surface is varied, and the lower grounds are watered by a stream which in its course forms the river Pant.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £11, and in the patronage of New College, Oxford: the tithes have been commuted for £700, and there are 52 acres of glebe. The church is a plain edifice of stone, with a lofty tower surmounted by a spire, and contains several interesting monuments.

Near the manor-house of Friers are the foundations of an ancient chapel of the Knights Hospitallers, from whom, as its possessors, the manor derived its name.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, Little Sampford – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Little Sampford, 1629-1630
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Sampford (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Little Sampford, 1802-1873
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Sampford (Essex)

Parish registers for Little Sampford, 1563-1977
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Sampford (Essex); Essex Record Office

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: Sampford
  • Poor Law Union: Saffron Walden
  • Hundred: Freshwell
  • Province: Canterbury