Southend St John the Baptist is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Essex, created in 1842 from Prittlewell Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Southend on Sea
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1842
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1842
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SOUTHEND, a small town and a chapelry in Prittlewell parish, Essex.
The town stands on the Thames estuary, at the terminus of the London, Tilbury, and Southend railway, 3½ miles WNW of Shoeburyness and 3½ S by E of Rochford.
It dates from a period not earlier than 1800; attracted notice, as a suitable watering-place, from a visit of Queen Caroline and Princess Charlotte in 1804; consists of good streets, with many commodious residences; includes Cliff-Town, which has been separately noticed; carries on a considerable coasting trade; communicates much with London, both by railway and by steamers; communicates also, by steamers, with Gravesend, Rochester, and Sheerness.
It has a head post-office, a r. station with telegraph, excellent hotels, good sea-bathing appliances, assembly-rooms, baths, a literary institution and library, a pier 1¼ mile long, a church, an Independent chapel of 1865, a Wesleyan chapel, and a national school.
The pier has a railway on it, for passengers to and from the steamers; was constructed at a cost of about £42,000; and was sold to the Eastern Counties railway company for £17,000.
The chapelry was constituted in 1842. Pop. in 1861, 1,716. Houses, 293.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £50. Patrons, Three Trustees.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Bannester Benjamin, Southend, Essex, druggist, April 3, 1824.
Bullock James, Southend, Essex, printer, July 10, 1832.
Hills Thomas, Southend, Essex, carpenter, Nov. 15, 1823.
Keer William, Southend, Essex, linen draper, Jan. 13, 1829.
Ramsden Richard, Southend, Essex, coach-master & horsedealer, May 9, 1826.
Thorn William Robert, Southend, Essex, victualler, July 11, 1834.
Whitbread William, Southend, Essex, linen draper, May 25, 1824.
Parish Records
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England, Essex, Southend – Cemeteries ( 4 )
[British war graves – Essex and London]
Author: Gillon, Geoffrey R.
Monumental inscriptions at St. John the Baptist, Southend-on-Sea, Essex; 1840-1993 : 497 inscriptions including war memorials
Author: Essex Society for Family History
North Road Burial Ground, removal of derelict monuments
Author: Southend-on-Sea (Essex : Borough). Council
Sutton Road Cemetery : removal of kerbing etc., from derelict monuments
Author: Southend-on-Sea (Essex : Borough). Council
England, Essex, Southend – Church history ( 2 )
A Century of grace : the history of Avenue Baptist Church, Southend-on-Sea, 1876-1976
Author: Jeremy, David J.; Barfield, John; Newman, Kenneth S.
Harvest and hope : Cleff town Congregational Church, Southend-on-Sea
Author: Circus, A. E.
England, Essex, Southend – Church records ( 11 )
Baptisms, 1830-1837
Author: Independent Church (Southend, Essex)
Bishop’s transcripts for St. John the Baptist Church, Southend, 1842-1869
Author: Church of England. St. John the Baptist Church (Southend, Essex)
Churchwardens and vestry minutes, 1892-1945
Author: All Saints Parish (Southend-on-Sea, Essex); Church of England. All Saints Church (Southend-on-Sea, Essex)
Minute books, 1830-1927 and baptism register, 1889-1897, 1912-1927
Author: Independent Church (Southend, Essex)
Parish registers for Southend-on-Sea, 1878-1979
Author: Church of England. All Saints Church (Southend-on-Sea, Essex)
Parish registers for St. Alban the Martyr’s Church, Westcliff-on-Sea, 1899-1982
Author: Church of England. St. Alban the Martyr’s Church (Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex)
Parish registers for St. Andrew’s Church, Westcliff-on-Sea, 1930-1972
Author: Church of England. St. Andrew’s Church (Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex)
Parish registers for St. Erkenwald’s Church, Southend, 1910-1977
Author: Church of England. St. Erkenwald’s Church (Southend, Essex)
Parish registers for St. John the Baptist Church, Southend, 1842-1981
Author: Church of England. St. John the Baptist Church (Southend, Essex)
Parish registers for St. Michael’s and All Angel’s Church, Westcliff-on-Sea, 1923-1980
Author: Church of England. St. Michael’s and All Angel’s Church (Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex)
Vestry minutes and miscellaneous records, 1843-1941
Author: St. John the Baptist’s parish (Southend-on-Sea, Essex); Church of England. St. John the Baptist Church (Southend, Essex)
England, Essex, Southend – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Prittlewell, Southend Indepemdent, Essex, Eng
England, Essex, Southend – History ( 8 )
The book of Southend-on-Sea
Author: Pewsey, Stephen, 1955-
The borough men : the police in Southend-on-Sea, 1840-1969
Author: Feather, Frederick; Essex Police Museum
The hospitals of Southend : including the hospitals of Rochford, Runwell and Shoeburyness
Author: Jefferies, Malcolm; Lee, J. Alfred
The origins and failure of new South-End
Author: Smith, John Raymond, 1943-
Southend past : a photographic record of Southend-on-Sea, 1865-1940
Author: Smith, John Raymond, 1943-
Southend seaside holiday
Author: Everritt, Sylvia
Southend-on-Sea : a pictorial history
Author: Payne, Jessie K.
Southend-on-sea and its Historical Associations
England, Essex, Southend – History – 20th century ( 1 )
More of Southend past : Edwardian heyday
Author: Smith, John Raymond, 1943-
England, Essex, Southend – Medical records ( 1 )
The hospitals of Southend : including the hospitals of Rochford, Runwell and Shoeburyness
Author: Jefferies, Malcolm; Lee, J. Alfred
England, Essex, Southend – Occupations ( 1 )
The borough men : the police in Southend-on-Sea, 1840-1969
Author: Feather, Frederick; Essex Police Museum
England, Essex, Southend – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens and vestry minutes, 1892-1945
Author: All Saints Parish (Southend-on-Sea, Essex); Church of England. All Saints Church (Southend-on-Sea, Essex)
England, Essex, Southend – Public records ( 1 )
Vestry minutes and miscellaneous records, 1843-1941
Author: St. John the Baptist’s parish (Southend-on-Sea, Essex); Church of England. St. John the Baptist Church (Southend, Essex)
Maps
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Rochford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Rochford
- Poor Law Union: Rochford
- Hundred: Rochford
- Province: Canterbury
