Peldon Essex Family History Guide

Peldon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1725
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1801

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PELDON, a parish and a sub-district in Lexden district, Essex.

The parish lies near Mersea Island, 4½ miles S W of Wivenhoe r. station, and 5½ S by W of Colchester; and has a post-office under Colchester. Acres, 2,186. Real property, £3,591. Pop., 501. Houses, 106 The property is much subdivided. P. Lodge is a chief residence.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £583. Patron, the Countess of Waldegrave. The church stands on an eminence, with commanding view; is later English, with a tower; and was restored in 1859, and then found to include remains of an early Norman church.

There are a national school, and charities £20.

The sub-district contains also ten other parishes. Acres, 22,769. Pop., 4,685. Houses, 997.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

PELDON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Lexden and Winstree, hundred of Winstree, N. division of Essex, 7 miles (S. by W.) from Colchester, on the road to Maldon; containing 493 inhabitants.

This parish, which is bounded on the south-east by Mersea Channel, comprises 2188 acres, whereof 33 are common or waste. It is pleasantly situated on rising ground; the soil, a strong loam, is very fertile, and the lands are in good cultivation.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £16. 15. 10., and in the gift of Earl Waldegrave: the tithes have been commuted for £575, and the glebe consists of 24½ acres. The church is a small ancient edifice, with a tower of stone.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848