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Essex, England : Classification : Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps


Street directories, gazetteers and maps help locate where our ancestors lived and show the development through the years of the villages, towns and cities.

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Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Ardleigh's Past - The History of an Essex Village
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~melanie/genealogy/
Description:Ardleigh's Past - The History of an Essex Village
Extra Info:Includes photographs of the village from past times.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Boyle's Court and Country Guide
Link:Boyle's Court and Country Guide
Description:Boyle's Court and Country Guide, 1811
Extra Info:List people from all round the UK and Ireland and their addresses.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:British History Online
Link:https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Description:British History Online
Extra Info:A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland
Link:Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland
Description:Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1894
Extra Info:Volume 2-6 only (CH onwards).
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4
Link:http://archive.org/details/publicationscat01britgo...
Description:Catholic Record Society - Miscellanea Vol 4
Extra Info:Online book. Includes notes on Lord Burghley's map of Lancashire 1590, Catholic chaplaincies and families in the eighteenth century, the KNIGHT family of Lincolnshire, nuns from the institute of Mary in York and more.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Valuation Books
Title:Domesday Book - Online and Free
Link:https://opendomesday.org/
Description:Domesday Book - Online and Free
Extra Info:The "original" census. Lists of names, places and other Domesday facts and maps. Domesday data created by Professor J.J.N. Palmer, University of Hull.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Earls Colne Village Records, Essex
Link:https://wwwe.lib.cam.ac.uk/earls_colne/
Description:Earls Colne Village Records from 1375
Extra Info:Click on Contents for a full list of transcriptions.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:England Data from Ancestry
Link:England Data from Ancestry
Description:England Data Collection from Ancestry
Extra Info:Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories; Who's Who in the World, 1910-1911; England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; Numerous other records
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:England's Gazeteer 1751 (With some Welsh Places)
Link:http://archive.org/details/englandsgazette03whatgo...
Description:England's Gazeteer 1751 (With some Welsh Places)
Extra Info:Online book. Includes villages that no longer exist. Also list some Welsh places.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Family Search - Maps
Link:Family Search - Maps
Description:Family Search - Maps
Extra Info:Maps showing where parish boundaries are, when registers were first started. Not complete coverage. Click on map in the map screen to view road names. Also shows poor law areas and more.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:FOLKER One Name Study
Link:http://www.folker.org.uk/
Description:FOLKER One Name Study
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Foxearth and District Local History Society
Link:http://www.foxearth.org.uk/
Description:Foxearth and District Local History Society
Extra Info:Includes Newspaper Archive 1745-1950 from the Ipswich Journal, Bury and Suffolk Herald, Bury & Norwich post, Norfolk Chronicle, Suffolk and Essex Free Press, South-West Suffolk Echo, Sudbury Post & Long Melford Gazette, and Haverhill Echo
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genealogy/
Description:Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps
Extra Info:Many online maps, some as early as 1550.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Historic Churches of Great Britain
Link:http://www.historicchurches.co.uk/
Description:Maps of locations of many Historic Churches of Great Britain
Extra Info:Helps you find the location of the churches where you ancestors were baptised, married or buried. Their long-term aim is to add photographs to accompany each map.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Information
Title:Internet Archive
Link:http://archive.org/
Description:Internet Archive
Extra Info:Has many scanned books. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note gazetteer and gazetteers give different results.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers
Title:JERMY Family of Norfolk and Suffolk
Link:http://jermy.org/
Description:JERMY Family of Norfolk and Suffolk
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:National Archives - Online Records and Indexes
Link:https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your...
Description:National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK)
Extra Info:Includes prisoner photos, maps and more. Many detailed records require payment.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:National Library of Scotland - Online Maps
Link:https://maps.nls.uk/
Description:Online Maps for England, Scotland and Wales
Extra Info:Scroll down for side by side viewer to see historic and current maps side by side for England, Scotland and Wales.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:National Library of Scotland - Online Maps
Link:https://maps.nls.uk/
Description:National Library of Scotland - Online Maps
Extra Info:Includes town plans and estate maps for most of the UK.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records
Title:Uttlesford Local History
Link:http://www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk/
Description:Uttlesford Local History
Extra Info:Click on history for a list of subjects.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Register & Rent Rolls, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Victoria County History - Explore England's Past
Link:https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county...
Description:Victoria County History - Explore England's Past
Extra Info:This site provides free access to local history materials. A variety of material, some counties covered more than others.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
Link:Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
Description:Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1872
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information
Title:Registration Districts in Essex
Link:https://ukbmd.org.uk/reg/ess.html
Description:Civil registration districts in Essex since 1837
Extra Info:Information on the registration districts and their changes over the years.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information
Title:Wikipedia list of civil parishes in Essex
Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parish...
Description:List of parishes in Essex provided by Wikipedia.
Extra Info:Information on the parishes with links to information pages about the parishes.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information
Title:Wikipedia list of places in Essex
Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Es...
Description:List of places in Essex provided by Wikipedia.
Extra Info:Information on place names with links to information pages about the place.

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