Stow Maries Essex Family History Guide

Stow Maries is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names: Stow St Mary, Stowe Maries

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Ashingdon
• Cold Norton
• Hockley
• Purleigh
• Woodham Ferrers
• North Fambridge

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOW-MARIES, or Stow-St. Mary, a parish in Maldon district, Essex; 6 miles S by W of Maldon r. station. It has a post-office under Maldon. Acres, 2,444. Real property, £2,668. Pop., 265. Houses, 49. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £660. Patron, Mr. Colley. The church is chiefly later English.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Essex, Stow-St. Mary

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

England, Essex, Stow-Maries – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stow-Maries, 1629-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stow-Maries (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Stow-Maries, 1800-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stow-Maries (Essex)

Parish registers for Stow-Maries, 1559-1951
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stow-Maries (Essex)

Transcripts of some Essex marriage registers
Author: Baxter, Jack H.

Administration

• County: Essex
• Civil Registration District: Maldon
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
• Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
• Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Dengie, Post-1844 – Maldon
• Poor Law Union: Maldon
• Hundred: Dengie
• Province: Canterbury