Little Stambridge Essex Family History Guide

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

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1654
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639; 1801

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STAMBRIDGE (Little), a parish in Rochford district, Essex; 4¾ miles N by E of Southend r. station. Post town, Rochford, under Chelmsford.

Acres, 600. Real property, £1,338. Pop., 125. Houses, 26. The manor belongs to J. Tabor, Esq.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £177. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. 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

STAMBRIDGE, LITTLE, a parish, in the union and hundred of Rochford, S. division of Essex, l½ mile (N. E. by N.) from Rochford; containing 126 inhabitants, and comprising 601 acres. Here is a large brewery.

The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £12, and in the gift of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £167, and the glebe comprises 30 acres. The church is an ancient edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, Little Stambridge – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Little Stambridge, 1639-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Stambridge (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Little Stambridge, 1801-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Stambridge (Essex)

Parish registers for Little Stambridge, 1654-1894
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Stambridge (Essex)

England, Essex, Little Stambridge – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers accounts, 1800-1928
Author: Little Stambridge (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of Little Stambridge (Essex)

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Rochford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Rochford, Post-1844 – Canewdon
  • Poor Law Union: Rochford
  • Hundred: Rochford
  • Province: Canterbury