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.

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.

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