Little Totham Essex Family History Guide

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

Alternative names:

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TOTHAM (Little), a parish in Maldon district, Essex; 2¾ miles ENE of Maldon r. station. Post town, Witham.

Acres, 1,283; of which 20 are water. Real property, £2,805. Pop., 346. Houses, 77. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory, annexed to Goldhanger. The church is Norman.

There are free and national schools.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

TOTHAM, LITTLE (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Maldon, hundred of Thurstable, N. division of Essex, 3½ miles (N. E.) from Maldon; containing 384 inhabitants.

This parish is on the shore of Blackwater bay, and comprises 1200 acres, of which 200 are common or waste; the situation is low and uninviting, and the soil light and gravelly. Some salt-works are carried on in a creek of the Blackwater.

The living is a rectory, in the patronage of the Rev. Thomas Leigh: the tithes have been commuted for £366, and the glebe comprises 6 acres. The church is a small ancient edifice, with a tower of flint and stone, surmounted by a spire.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Essex, Little Totham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at All Saints, Little Totham, 1606-1994 : 208 inscriptions
Author: Lee, Linda; Mills, Sue; Essex Society for Family History

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

England, Essex, Little Totham – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census index, Little Totham

England, Essex, Little Totham – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Little Totham, 1629-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Totham (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Little Totham, 1801-1861
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Totham (Essex)

Parish registers for Little Totham, 1558-1970
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Totham (Essex)

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Maldon
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Witham, Post-1846 – Hatfield Peverel
  • Poor Law Union: Maldon
  • Hundred: Thurstable
  • Province: Canterbury