Navestock Essex Family History Guide

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Navestock is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Other places in the parish include: Navestock Side, Navestock Heath, Cuddlesmere Green, and Horseman Side.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NAVESTOCK, a village and a parish in Ongar district, Essex. The village, which consists of four scattered hamlets, Navestock Side, Horseman Side, Cuddlesmere Green, and Navestock Heath, stands near the river Roding, 5 miles SSW of Ongar r. station, and 6¼ NNE of Romford; and has a post-office under Romford. Acres, 4, 329. Real property, £6, 417. Pop., 928. Houses, 178. The property is much subdivided.

The manor was given by King Edgar to St. Paul’s cathedral, and by Queen Mary to the ancestor of Earl Waldegrave; and, with Navestock Park, belongs now to the Dowager Countess of Waldegrave. Dudbrook House, the seat of the Countess, Navestock Hall, Abbotswick House, and Bois Hall, are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £424. Patron, Trinity College, Oxford. The church is large and good; and consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with wooden tower and shingled spire. There are a parochial school, and charities £51.

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

Parish Registers

Navestock Marriages 1538 to 1812

Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences 1689 to 1837

The following have been extracted from Allegations for Marriage Licences in the county of Hampshire. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.

BAYLEY, Charles, of Navestock, co Essex, & Elizabeth Beck, of Whitchurch, at W.,
18 May, 1725. Robert Bayley of Whitchurch, gent., & Ambrosia Becke of the s., gentlewoman, bondsmen. 

Source: Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester. 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Essex, Navestock – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at St. Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, 1589-2000
Author: Barr, Beryl

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

England, Essex, Navestock – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Navestock, 1813-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Navestock (Essex)

Marriages at Navestock, 1538-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Navestock (Essex)

Parish registers for Navestock, 1538-1926
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Navestock (Essex)

England, Essex, Navestock – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls and documents, 1403-1416
Author: Manor of Navestock. Court (Essex)

Essex Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Ongar
  • Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral, Post-1844 – Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Lambourne
  • Poor Law Union: Ongar
  • Hundred: Ongar
  • Province: Canterbury