Alphamstone Essex Family History Guide

Alphamstone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1705
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629; 1801

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Lamarsh
• Pebmarsh
• Twinstead
• Great Henny
• Bures St Mary

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ALPHAMSTONE, a parish in Sudbury district, Essex; near the river Stour, 2½ miles WNW of Bures r. station, and 5 S of Sudbury. Post Town, Bures under Colchester. Acres, 1,557. Real property, £2,614. Pop., 317. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value £257. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable. Charities, £13.

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

Leonard's Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Alphamstone, 3 m. NE. Halstead. P. 314.

Source: Leonard's Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

• County: Essex
• Civil Registration District: Sudbury
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
• Diocese: Pre-1846 - London, Post-1845 - Rochester
• Rural Deanery: Hedingham
• Poor Law Union: Sudbury
• Hundred: Hinckford
• Province: Canterbury