Chickney, Essex Family History Guide
Chickney is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1554
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1630; 1639; 1813
Nonconformists include:
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CHICKNEY, a parish in Dunmow district, Essex; 3 miles NE of Elsenham r. station, and 3¼ SW of Thaxted. Post town, Thaxted, under Chelmsford.
Acres, 700. Real property, £831. Pop., 76. Houses, 13. The property is divided among a few.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £164. Patron, Capt. H. Byng, R. N. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
CHICKNEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Dunmow, N. division of Essex, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from Dunmow; containing 59 inhabitants.
It comprises 700a. 2r. 32p., of which about 517 acres are arable, 127 pasture, and 36 woodland.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £10, and in the patronage of the family of Cranmer: the tithes have been commuted for £170, and the glebe comprises 40½ acres. The church, situated on elevated ground, is a small edifice, with a tower of stone surmounted by a shingled spire.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Directories
Post Office Directory of Essex, 1874 – Special Collections Online
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1882 – Special Collections Online
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1894 – Special Collections Online
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1902 – Special Collections Online
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, 1914 – Special Collections Online
Kelly’s Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex 1890 – Google Books
Poll Books
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Dunmow
- Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Dunmow
- Poor Law Union: Dunmow
- Hundred: Dunmow
- Province: Canterbury