Markshall Essex Family History Guide
Markshall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Alternative names: Marks Hall
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1582
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629; 1801
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MARKSHALL, a parish in Witham district, Essex; 2 miles N by W of Coggeshall, and 3 S by W of Colne r. station. Post town, Coggeshall, under Kelvedon.
Acres, 804. Real property, £1,161. Pop., 42. Houses, 7. The property is divided among a few.
The manor was held at the Conquest by Nigel, under the Montforts; passed to the Honeywoods; and, with M. Hall, belongs now to Mrs. Honeywood. The Hall is a large edifice in the Tudor style; and has a portrait of Mrs. Mary Honeywood, who died in 1620 at the age of 93, and who saw of her own offspring 16 children, 114 grandchildren, 228 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £176. Patrons, the Trustees of the late W. Honeywood, Esq. The church adjoins the Hall, and contains a fine altar-piece.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Witham
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Lexden, Post-1846 – Halstead
- Poor Law Union: Witham
- Hundred: Lexden
- Province: Canterbury