Wakes Colne Essex Family History Guide

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Wakes Colne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629; 1639; 1800

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COLNE-WAKES, a parish in Lexden district, Essex; on the river Colne and the Colne-Valley railway, 1 mile WNW of Chapel r. station, and 5¼ ESE of Halstead. It has a post-office under Halstead.

Acres, 1, 926. Real property, £3, 978. Pop., 535. Houses, 117. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Wakes. Creping Hall is an old moated house.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £458. Patron, the Earl of Verulam. The church is tolerable. Charities, £17.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Essex, Colne-Wakes – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Colne-Wakes, 1629-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Colne-Wakes (Essex)

Bishop’s transcripts for Colne-Wakes, 1800-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Colne-Wakes (Essex)

Churchwardens and overseers records, 1698-1861
Author: Colne-Wakes (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of Colne-Wakes (Essex)

Marriages, Wakes Colne or Coln Wakes, Essex, England, 1605-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Colne-Wakes (Essex); Bridgeman, Maur. F. Orlando; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish registers for Colne-Wakes, 1559-1913
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Colne-Wakes (Essex)

England, Essex, Colne-Wakes – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Wakes Colne, Essex, Eng

England, Essex, Colne-Wakes – Occupations ( 1 )
Churchwardens and overseers records, 1698-1861
Author: Colne-Wakes (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of Colne-Wakes (Essex)

England, Essex, Colne-Wakes – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens and overseers records, 1698-1861
Author: Colne-Wakes (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of Colne-Wakes (Essex)

England, Essex, Colne-Wakes – Public records ( 1 )
Churchwardens and overseers records, 1698-1861
Author: Colne-Wakes (Essex); Church of England. Parish Church of Colne-Wakes (Essex)

Administration

  • County: Essex
  • Civil Registration District: Lexden
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Colchester
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Lexden, Post-1846 – Halstead
  • Poor Law Union: Lexden and Winstree
  • Hundred: Lexden
  • Province: Canterbury