Writtle Essex Family History Guide
Writtle is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex. Highwood is a chapelry of Writtle.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1634
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Roman Catholic.
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WRITTLE, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Chelmsford district, Essex.
The village stands 2 miles W by S of Chelmsford r. station; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Chelmsford.
The parish comprises 8,672 acres. Real property, £14,072. Pop., 2,374. Houses, 512. The property is much sub-divided.
The manor belonged to Harold; passed to the Albinis, W. Longsword, T. de Woodstock, the Staffords, and others; and belongs now to Lord Petre. A palace, built in the 13th century, stood on a farm now called the Lordship. A hermitage was founded, in the time of Stephen, at Highwood-Quarter; and, in the time of Henry II., became a cell to Colchester abbey.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value £600. Patron, New College, Oxford. The church is. old, and has a tower rebuilt in 1802.
St. Paul’s chapel is a separate charge, with an income of £100, and in the patronage of the Vicar.
There are endowed schools, national and British schools, and some charities.
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: Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of Writtle with Roxwell, Post-1844 – Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Chelmsford
- Poor Law Union: Chelmsford
- Hundred: Chelmsford
- Province: Canterbury