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:

Adjacent Parishes

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

England, Essex, Chickney – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Chickney, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Essex, Chickney – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Chickney, 1630-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chickney (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Chickney, 1813-1867
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chickney (Essex)

Parish register transcripts, 1553-1811
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chickney (Essex)

Parish registers for Chickney, 1554-1971
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chickney (Essex); Essex Record Office

England, Essex, Chickney – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Chickney, Essex, Eng

Parish register printouts of Chickney, Essex, England, christenings, 1554-1810
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Directories

Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent … , 1855. [Part 1: Counties & Localities] – Special Collections Online

Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent … , 1855. [Part 2: Court & Trade Directories] – Special Collections Online

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

Essex Poll Book 1842. 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: 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