Thundersley Essex Family History Guide

Thundersley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1569
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639; 1800

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

• North Benfleet
• Rayleigh
• Hadleigh
• South Benfleet
• Bowers Gifford

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THUNDERSLEY, a parish in Rochford district, Essex; 1¾ mile SW of Rayleigh, and 2¼ N by E of Benfleet r. station. Post town, Rayleigh, under Chelmsford. Acres, 2,499. Real property, £3,329. Pop., 531. Houses, 112. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £640. Patron, the Rev. G. Hemming. The church is ancient but good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Essex, Thundersley – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at Daws Heath Evangelical Church, Daws Heath, Thundersley (previously the Peculiar People), grid reference TQ 812887, 1884-1991 : 123 inscriptions
Author: Grimes, Donald; Grimes, Yvonne; Essex Society for Family History

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

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

Bishop’s transcripts for Thundersley, 1800-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thundersley (Essex)

Administration

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