Newport Essex Family History Guide

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Newport is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629; 1800

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NEWPORT, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Saffron-Walden district, Essex.

The village stands on the river Cam, the Eastern Counties railway, and the Roman road to Cambridge, 3 miles SSW of Saffron-Walden; was anciently called Newport-Pond, from a large pool at the S end of its street; had anciently a castle; had also an hospital, founded in the time of King John by Richard de Newport, and dedicated to St. Leonard; and has now a post-office under Bishop-Stortford, a railway station, and fairs on Easter-Tuesday and 17 and 18 Nov.

The parish comprises 1, 714 acres. Real property, £3, 712. Pop., 886. Houses, 198. The property is divided chiefly among three. The manor belonged, in the time of Edward the Confessor, to Earl Harold; and, with Shortgrove House, belongs now to W.Smith, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £260. Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church stands in the highest part of the village; is later English; consists of nave, aisles, transepts, and chancel, with lofty turretted tower; and has been thoroughly restored.

There are an Independent chapel, a national school, an endowed grammar-school with £290 a year, and charities £53.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, Newport – Church records ( 4 )
Baptisms, 1797-1837; burials, 1811-1836
Author: Independent Church (Newport, Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Newport, 1629-1630
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newport (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Newport, 1800-1859
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newport (Essex)

Parish registers for Newport, 1558-1960
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Newport (Essex)

England, Essex, Newport – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Newport, Independent, Essex, Eng

Parish register printouts of Newport, Essex, England (Independent) ; christenings, 1797-1800, 1806, 1808-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Essex, Newport – Schools ( 1 )
Newport Grammar School, Essex : a brief history
Author: Thompson, F.

Administration

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