Alphamstone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St Barnabas

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

  • ESSEX ALPHAMSTONE VILLAGE CIRCA 1910

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.

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ALPHAMSTONE, a parish, in the union of Sudbury, hundred of Hinckford, N. division of Essex, 5 miles (N. E.) from Halstead; containing 314 inhabitants. This parish, which includes the hamlet of Bures, and contains 1557a. 2r. 37p., was anciently parcel of the possessions of the abbey of Bury St. Edmund’s, except a portion that belonged to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, which, after the Conquest, was divided among several proprietors. The soil is rich, and constitutes fine corn land; the scenery is picturesque. A pleasure-fair is held on the first Thursday in June. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £11, and in the gift of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £440, and the glebe consists of 28 acres. The church, an ancient building of flint, consisting of a nave with a south aisle and chancel, lighted by small lancet-shaped windows, is finely situated on an eminence, commanding an extensive and richly varied prospect: the tower, with the bells, fell down about fifty years since.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Topographical Dictionary of England 1831

ALPHAMSTONE, a parish in the hundred of Hinckford, county of Essex, 6 miles (N.E. by E.) from Halsted, containing 244 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of London, rated in the king’s books at £11., and in the patronage of the Crown.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Butcher James, Alphamstone, Essex, maltster, Jan. 29, 1822.

Parish Records

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Directories

Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent … , 1855. [Part 1: Counties & Localities]
Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent … , 1855. [Part 2: Court & Trade Directories]
The History of Walthamstow, 1861
Post Office Directory of Essex, 1874
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1882
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1894
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1902
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1914
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex 1890
Google Books

Poll Books

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

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

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