Roxwell, Essex Family History Guide
Roxwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Beauchamp Roding
- Willingale Doe
- Highwood
- Writtle
- Chignall St James
- Shellow Bowells
- Margaret Roding
- Good Easter
- Willingale Spain
- Mashbury
- Berners Roding
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ROXWELL, a parish, with a village, in Chelmsford district, Essex; on the river Chelmer, 4½ miles W by N of Chelmsford r. station. It has a post-office under Chelmsford.
Acres, 4,755. Real property, £5,879. Pop., 986. Houses, 183. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Petre. Skreens is the seat of T. W. Bramston, Esq.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £250. Patron, New College, Oxford. The church was repaired and enlarged in 1854.
There are a national school, and charities £28.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
The following records are available free online.
Census
Census returns for Roxwell, 1841-1891
Church Records
Parish register transcripts, 1558-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Roxwell (Essex)
Probate records
Probate records, 1618-1851 Author: Church of England. Peculiar of Writtle with Roxwell
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Chelmsford
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Writtle with Roxwell
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Chelmsford
- Poor Law Union: Chelmsford
- Hundred: Chelmsford
- Province: Canterbury