Thorington Essex Family History Guide

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Thorington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names: Thorrington

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THORRINGTON, a parish in Tendring district, Essex; on the Tendring Hundred railway, 2 miles NE of Brightlingsea. It has a post-office under Colchester, and a r. station.

Acres, 1,930. Real property, £2,125. Pop., 424. Houses, 94. T. Hall is the seat of W. S. Frost, Esq.

The living is a rectory, annexed to Frating. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, Thorrington – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Thorrington, 1800-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thorrington (Essex)

Brightlingsea, Frating & Thorrington parish registers indexes and transcripts 1813-1851
Author: Essex Society for Family History

Transcript of the parish registers of Thorington, Essex, 1588-1812
Author: Browne, Robert Hollingworth

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Tendring
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Tendring, Post-1846 – St Osyth
  • Poor Law Union: Tendring
  • Hundred: Tendring
  • Province: Canterbury