West Bergholt Essex Family History Guide

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West Bergholt is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639; 1800

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BERGHOLT (West), a parish in Lexden district, Essex; on the river Colne, near the Eastern Counties railway, 4 miles NW of Colchester. It has a post-office under Colchester.

Acres, 2,273. Real property, £4,238. Pop., 906. Houses, 198. The property is subdivided. A circular entrenchment here is thought to have been the site of the residence of the British King, Cunobeline.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £600. Patron, W. F. Hobbs, Esq. The church is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, West Bergholt – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for West Bergholt, 1639-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Bergholt (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for West Bergholt, 1800-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Bergholt (Essex)

Churchwardens and overseers records, 1827-1889
Author: West Bergholt (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of West Bergholt (Essex)

Parish registers for West Bergholt, 1559-1975
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Bergholt (Essex)

England, Essex, West Bergholt – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens and overseers records, 1827-1889
Author: West Bergholt (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of West Bergholt (Essex)

Administration

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