Margaretting Essex Family History Guide
Margaretting is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1627
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MARGARETTING, a village and a parish in Chelmsford district, Essex.
The village stands on the river Wid, adjacent to the Eastern Counties railway, 2 miles NE of Ingatestone, and 5 SW by S of Chelmsford; and has a post-office under Ingatestone.
The parish comprises 2,259 acres. Real property, £3,708. Pop., 483. Houses, 110. The property is much subdivided. Peacocks is the seat of G. Straight, Esq. Killigrews was a moated seat, visited by Henry VIII.; and became a farmhouse.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £191. Patron, the Rev. M. Barnard. The church stands near Ingatestone; and consists of nave and aisles, with wooden belfry.
There are a charity school, and charities £9.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Chelmsford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Chelmsford, Post-1844 – Ingatestone
- Poor Law Union: Chelmsford
- Hundred: Chelmsford
- Province: Canterbury