Barling Magna is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Alternative names: Barling, Great Barling
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1555
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Great Wakering
- Little Wakering
- Shopland
- Great Stambridge
- Paglesham
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BARLING, a parish in Rochford district, Essex; on a creek of the Broomhill river, 4½ miles ESE of Rochford,and 5 NE of Southend r. station. It has a post-office under Chelmsford. Acres, 1,258. Real property, £2,801. Pop., 354. Houses, 77. The property is subdivided. The manor was given by Edward the Confessor to St. Paul’s Cathedral. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £230. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s. The church is a neat structure, with chancel and tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Rochford
- Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral, Post-1844 – Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post 1844 – Canewdon
- Poor Law Union: Rochford
- Hundred: Rochford
- Province: Canterbury