South Weald Essex Family History Guide
South Weald is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639; 1800
Nonconformists include: General Baptist and Roman Catholic.
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WEALD (South), a parish in Billericay district, Essex; containing Brentwood, with post-office and r. station.
Acres, 5,037. Real property, £14,889; of which £200 are in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 3,588; in 1861, 5,209. Houses, 840. Pop., exclusive of Brentwood, in 1851, 1,383; in 1861, 2,116. Houses, 307.
Weald Hall was the birthplace of Queen Mary; was also the residence of Sir Anthony Brown; and is now the residence of J. Tower, Esq. Boyles Court, Oakhurst, Pilgrims Hall, Great Ropers, Rochetts, Mascalls, Ditchleys, and How-Hatch also are chief residences.
The Essex lunatic asylum, an edifice in the Tudor style with accommodation for about 700 patients, a school-house and ten alms houses in the Tudor style, built in 1856, a Belvedere tower near the church, and a new cemetery opened in 1860, are prominent objects. There are a chalybeate spring and traces of an ancient camp.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £656. Patron, the Bishop of R. The church was recently restored, at a cost of about £10,000; and has a fine tower.
The p. curacy of Brentwood is a separate benefice.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Billericay
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Chafford
- Poor Law Union: Billericay
- Hundred: Chafford
- Province: Canterbury