Alresford Essex Family History Guide

Alresford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1742
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1802

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Brightlingsea
Thorington
Fingringhoe
Elmstead

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ALRESFORD, a parish in Tendring district, Essex; 5 miles SE of Colchester. It has a post office under Colchester, and a r. station. Acres, 1,583; of which 75 are water. Real property, £2,195. Pop., 248. Houses, 62. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £378. Patrons, Hulme's Trustees. The church is good.

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

Alresford, 3 m. S.E. Colchester. P. 289.

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: Tendring
Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester
Diocese: Pre-1846 - London, Post-1845 - Rochester
Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 - Tendring, Post-1846 - St Osyth
Poor Law Union: Tendring
Hundred: Tendring
Province: Canterbury