Matching Essex Family History Guide

Matching is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Other places in the parish include: Ovesham.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MATCHING, a village and a parish in Epping district, Essex. The village stands 3¾ miles E of Harlow r. station, and 8 NE of Epping.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Ovesham; and has a post-office, of the name of Matching-Green, under Harlow. Acres, 2,384. Real property, £3,996. Pop., 665. Houses, 140. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a meet for the Essex hounds.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £160. Patrons, the Trustees of Felstead school, on the nomination of the Bishop of Rochester. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with embattled tower; and was recently in disrepair. A chapel once stood in Ovesham.

There is a Church school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, Matching – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Matching, 1800-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Matching (Essex)

Parish registers for Matching, 1558-1969
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Matching (Essex)

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Epping
  • Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Harlow
  • Poor Law Union: Epping
  • Hundred: Harlow
  • Province: Canterbury