Latton Essex Family History Guide
Latton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1567
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629
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Adjacent Parishes
- Gilston, Hertfordshire
- Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire
- Netteswell
- Epping
- Harlow St Mary and St Hugh
- North Weald
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LATTON, a parish, with a village, in Epping district, Essex; on the river Stort and the Eastern Counties railway, at the boundary with Herts, 1 mile E by S of Burnt-Mill r. station, and 1½ SW of Harlow. Post-town. Harlow.
Acres, 1,605. Real property, £3,078. Pop., 196. Houses, 45. The property is divided among a few. An Augustinian priory was founded here before 1276; was given, at the dissolution, to Sir Henry Parker; and has left some remains, in decorated English architecture, now used as a barn.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £480. Patron, L. Arkwright, Esq. The church is good, has a tower, and contains three old brasses.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Epping
- Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Harlow
- Poor Law Union: Epping
- Hundred: Harlow
- Province: Canterbury