Little Wakering Essex Family History Guide

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

Other places in the parish include: New England Island, Sharps Ness, Little Potton Island, Wallisea Island, and Remple Marsh.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1754
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WAKERING (Little), a parish, with four islands, in Rochford district, Essex; 4 miles ENE of Southend r. station. Post town, Great Wakering, under Southend.

Acres, 5,862; of which 3,280 are water. Real property, £3,473. Pop., 283. Houses, 51. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £200. Patron, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. The church is old but 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

WAKERING, LITTLE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Rochford, S. division of Essex, 4½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Southend; containing 301 inhabitants.

This parish is bounded on the south by the parish of Great Wakering, and includes Potten Island, which is formed by the river Bromhill and the haven of Wakering. It comprises 2694 acres, whereof 439 are common or waste.

The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £12, and in the gift of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London: the great tithes have been commuted for £390, with a glebe of 18 acres; and the vicarial for £235, with 2 acres and a house. The church is a small ancient edifice, with a tower, on which are the armorial bearings of Bishop Wakering.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Essex, Little Wakering – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at St. Mary the Virgin, Little Wakering, Essex, 1672-1981 : 228 inscriptions
Author: Rawlingson, Kenneth; Rawlingson, Gwen M.; Grimes, Yvonne; Essex Society for Family History

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

England, Essex, Little Wakering – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Little Wakering, 1629-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Wakering (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Little Wakering, 1800-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Wakering (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of Eastwood (Essex)

England, Essex, Little Wakering – Taxation ( 1 )
Tithe apportionments, 1827-1909
Author: St. Bartholomew’s Hospital (London)

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