Stanford-le-Hope Essex Family History Guide

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Stanford-le-Hope is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1680
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639; 1800

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STANFORD-LE-HOPE, a parish in Orsett district, Essex; on the river Thames and the Southend railway, 10 miles SSE of Brentwood. It has a post-office under Romford, and a r. station.

Acres, 2,984; of which 570 are foreshore. Real property, £4,244. Pop., 504. Houses, 95. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £590. Patron, the Rev. J.Knott. The church is old but good.

There are an endowed school with £38 a year, and charities £17.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, Stanford-le-Hope – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stanford-le-Hope, 1639-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stanford-le-Hope (Essex)

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

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Orsett
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Barstable
  • Poor Law Union: Orsett
  • Hundred: Barstable
  • Province: Canterbury