West Thurrock Essex Family History Guide

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

Other places in the parish include: Pourteflete, Portflete, Purfleet, and Purfleet Barracks.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1618
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1801

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THURROCK (West), a parish in Orsett district, Essex; on the Thames, 1¼ mile W by S of Grays r .station. It includes Purfleet; and it has a post-office under Romford. Acres, 3,607; of which 700 are water. Real property, £6,131. Pop. in 1851, 835; in 1861, 1,039. Houses, 122. The increase of pop. arose partly from augmentation of the Ordnance establishment at Purfleet. The property is not much divided. Much of the land is marsh. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £306. Patron, S. Whitbread, Esq. The church is Saxon or Early Norman.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, West Thurrock – Church history ( 1 )
West Thurrock Chapel : a history of the work
Author: Smith, L. A.

England, Essex, West Thurrock – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for West Thurrock, 1801-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Thurrock (Essex)

England, Essex, West Thurrock – Description and travel ( 1 )
Exploring Thurrock : an historical guide
Author: Harrold, Christopher

Directories

Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent … , 1855. [Part 1: Counties & Localities] – Special Collections Online

Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent … , 1855. [Part 2: Court & Trade Directories] – Special Collections Online

Post Office Directory of Essex, 1874 – Special Collections Online

Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1882 – Special Collections Online

Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1894 – Special Collections Online

Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1902 – Special Collections Online

Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1914 – Special Collections Online

Kelly’s Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex 1890 – Google Books

Poll Books

Essex Poll Book 1842. Copy of the Register of the Electors, of the Northern Division of the County of Essex, for the year commencing Nov. 1st., 1841, and ending Oct. 31st., 1842 – Google Books

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Orsett
  • Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Chafford, Post-1844 – Orsett
  • Poor Law Union: Orsett
  • Hundred: Chafford
  • Province: Canterbury