Tolleshunt Major Essex Family History Guide

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Tolleshunt Major is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names: Beckingham

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TOLLESHUNT-MAJOR, or Beckingham, a parish, with a village, in Maldon district, Essex; 4¼ miles ENE of Maldon r. station. It has a post-office under Kelvedon.

Acres, 2,344; of which 160 are water. Real property, £2,859. Pop., 438. Houses, 91. The property is much subdivided. A seat of the Beckinghams was erected here in the time of Henry VIII., and is now represented only by an embattled gateway.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £187. Patron, the Rev. H. A. Carwardine. The church is tolerable.

There are an Independent chapel, and charities £8.

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, Beckingham

England, Essex, Tolleshunt-Major – Business records and commerce ( 1 )
Records of the New England Company, 1659-1906
Author: New England Company (London)

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

England, Essex, Tolleshunt-Major – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Tolleshunt-Major, 1629-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Tolleshunt-Major (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Tolleshunt-Major, 1800-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Tolleshunt-Major (Essex)

Administration

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