Colchester St Nicholas, Essex Family History Guide

Colchester St Nicholas is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St Nicholas

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1541
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

• Colchester St Martin
• Colchester All Saints
• Colchester Holy Trinity
• Colchester St Runwald

Parish History

See Colchester, Essex Family History Guide

Parish Records

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Nicholas’s Church, Colchester, 1802-1870 Author: Church of England. St. Nicholas’ Church (Colchester, Essex)

Parish register printouts of Colchester, Essex, England (Wesleyan Methodist, Saint Nicholas) ; christenings, 1793-1837 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Poorhouses, poor law, etc.

Churchwardens and overseers records, 1714-1876 Author: St. Nicholas’ Parish (Colchester, Essex); Church of England. St. Nicholas’ Church (Colchester, Essex)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

• County: Essex
• Civil Registration District: Colchester
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester
• Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
• Rural Deanery: Colchester
• Poor Law Union: Colchester
• Hundred: Colchester Borough
• Province: Canterbury