Elmdon, Essex Family History Guide

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Elmdon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Nicholas

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1618
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629; 1800

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ELMDON, a village and a parish in Saffron-Walden district, Essex. The village stands near the boundary with Cambridgeshire, 3 miles SW by W of Chesterford r. station, and 5¾ WNW of Saffron-Walden; and has a post office under Saffron-Walden.

The parish comprises 2,480 acres. Real property, £3,654. Pop., 731. Houses, 161.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Wendon-Lofts, in the diocese of Rochester. The church has a brass of a man and wives. An endowed school has £17; and other charities £4.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ELMDON (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Saffron-Walden, hundred of Uttlesford, N. division of Essex, 5½ miles (W. by N.) from SaffronWalden; containing 680 inhabitants.

The parish is situated near the confines of the county of Cambridge, and comprises 3197a. 3r. 18p., of which 153 acres are woodland; the surface is hilly, and the soil rests on chalk. The village is built on the declivities of two low hills, and has a picturesque appearance.

The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Wendon-Lofts, and valued in the king’s books at £19; impropriator, John Wilkes, Esq. The church is an ancient edifice with a square embattled tower.

A Sunday school, in union with the National Society, is supported by a rent-charge of £14 per annum, bequeathed by Thomas Crawley in 1559.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, Elmdon – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Elmdon, 1629-1630
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Elmdon (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Elmdon, 1800-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Elmdon (Essex)

Parish registers for Elmdon, 1618-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Elmdon (Essex)

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

Parish register printouts of Elmdon, Essex, England, christenings, 1618-1802
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Essex, Elmdon – Genealogy ( 1 )
Some Elmdon families
Author: Richards, Audrey I (Audrey Isabel), 1899-1984; Robin, Jean

England, Essex, Elmdon – History ( 1 )
Elmdon : continuity and change in a north-west Essex village, 1861-1964
Author: Robin, Jean

England, Essex, Elmdon – Social life and customs ( 1 )
Elmdon : continuity and change in a north-west Essex village, 1861-1964
Author: Robin, Jean

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

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Saffron Walden
  • Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Newport, Post 1846 – Saffron Walden
  • Poor Law Union: Saffron Walden
  • Hundred: Uttlesford
  • Province: Canterbury