Southchurch Essex Family History Guide

Southchurch is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names: South Church

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1695
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1779

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Particular Baptist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SOUTHCHURCH, a village and a parish in Rochford, district, Essex.

The village stands near the Thames’ mouth, 1½ mile E of Southend r. station; and has a post-office under Southend.

The parish includes part of Canvey Island; and comprises 1,180 acres of land, and 3,285 of water. Real property, £9,085; of which £50 are in fisheries. Pop., 494. Houses, 91. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £800. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is old but good.

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, Southchurch – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions : of Holy Trinity, Southchurch, Essex (index) – Kelvedon Hatch, Essex; All Saints, Wakes Colne, Essex; Frating, Essex and Baptist burial ground, Tillingham, Essex
Author: Baxter, Jack H.; Project Arboris

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

England, Essex, Southchurch – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Canvey-Island, 1813-1867
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Canvey-Island (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Southchurch, 1779-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Southchurch (Essex)

Parish registers for Southchurch, 1695-1946
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Southchurch (Essex)

Record of members, 1870-1889
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. South Church Branch (Essex)

Vestry and overseers records, 1682-1922
Author: Southchurch (Essex)

England, Essex, Southchurch – History ( 1 )
Southchurch and its past
Author: Pollitt, William

England, Essex, Southchurch – Occupations ( 1 )
Vestry and overseers records, 1682-1922
Author: Southchurch (Essex)

England, Essex, Southchurch – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Vestry and overseers records, 1682-1922
Author: Southchurch (Essex)

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Rochford
  • Probate Court: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Peculiar Deanery of Bocking, Post-1844 – Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Bocking, Post-1844 – Canewdon
  • Poor Law Union: Rochford
  • Hundred: Rochford
  • Province: Canterbury