Heydon Essex Family History Guide

Heydon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names: Haydon

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1803

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HAYDON, or HEYDON, a parish in the district of Royston and county of Essex; adjacent to Herts and to Cambridgeshire, 5½ miles W by S of Chesterford r. station, and 5½ E by S of Royston. Post-town, Elmdon, under Saffron-Walden.

Acres, 2,470. Real property, £2,089. Pop., 270. Houses, 58. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Braybrooke. The surface is hilly.

The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Little Chishall, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £681. Patron, Lord Braybrooke. The church consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and N chapel, with a tower.

There is a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, Haydon – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Haydon, 1803-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Haydon (Essex)

Parish registers for Haydon, 1538-1897
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Haydon (Essex); Essex Record Office

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Royston
  • 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: Royston
  • Hundred: Uttlesford
  • Province: Canterbury