Stambourne Essex Family History Guide

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Stambourne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St Peter and St Thomas

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629; 1800

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STAMBOURNE, a parish, with a village, in Halstead district, Essex; 2¼ miles E by N of Yeldham r. station, and 8 NW of Halstead. Post town, Halstead.

Acres, 1,842. Real property, £3,054. Pop., 537. Houses, 114. The property is subdivided.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £353. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is old, and has a Norman tower.

There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £10.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, Stambourne – Church records ( 4 )
Births, baptisms and burials, 1810-1837
Author: Independent Church (Stambourne, Essex)

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

Bishop’s transcripts for Stambourne, 1800-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stambourne (Essex)

Parish registers for Stambourne, 1558-1956
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stambourne (Essex)

England, Essex, Stambourne – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Stambourne, Essex, Eng

Computer printout of Stambourne, Stambourne Meting Independent, Essex, Eng

Parish register printouts of Stambourne, Essex, England (Independent) ; christenings, 1810-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Stambourne, Essex, England, christenings, 1559-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Halstead
  • Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Hedingham, Post-1844 – Yeldham
  • Poor Law Union: Halstead
  • Hundred: Hinckford
  • Province: Canterbury