Alresford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1742
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1802

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

  • ESSEX ALRESFORD FORD LANE 1910

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.

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ALRESFORD (St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Tendring, N. division of Essex, 6½ miles (S. E. by E.) from Colchester; containing 289 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the west by the river Colne, and takes its name, which is supposed to be a modification of Aldersford, from an ancient ford across that river: the lands are elevated, and the soil generally of a light sandy quality. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8, and in the gift of Brasenose College, Oxford: the tithes have been commuted for £348, and there is a glebe of 30 acres. The church, a small edifice, with a spire of shingles, was, according to an inscription in the chancel written in Norman French, erected by Anfrid or Anfrey de Staunton.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Topographical Dictionary of England 1831

ALRESFORD, a parish in the hundred of Tendring, county of Essex, 63 miles (S.E. by E.) from Colchester, containing 270 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London, rated in the king’s books at £8. The Rev. T. Newman was patron in 1823. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The river Itchen runs through this parish.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831

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: 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

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