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Essex monumental inscriptions place list

The Essex memorial inscriptions have been compiled from engravings found on tombstones and other memorials in the churches and churchyards of Essex. They represent significant evidence for your family history research and can often provide additional information outside of death dates. This record set represents two decades of work by transcribers from the Essex Society for Family History

A full list of parishes covered by the records and the dates the records are available for is given below. The date ranges are those derived from the earliest and latest records and do not necessarily reflect a complete run of years.

Essex monumental inscriptions place list

Place

Year from

Year to

Number of records

New

Abberton

1701

1995

317

New

Abbess Roding

1613

1999

342

New

Aldham

1851

1986

292

 

Althorne

1502

2001

476

New

Ardleigh

1950

1950

13

 

Arkesden

1914

1939

10

 

Ashdon

1566

1979

607

 

Ashen

1914

1939

7

 

Ashingdon

1744

1998

1289

New

Aveley

1914

1945

59

 

Aythorpe Roding

1687

1999

233

New

Bardfield Saling

1914

1939

10

 

Barling

1658

1979

275

New

Barnston

1525

2001

383

NEw

Basildon

1706

2002

1116

New

Battlesbridge

1981

2007

7

New

Beauchamp Roding

1798

1999

214

New

Belchamp Otten

1719

1994

216

New

Belchamp St Paul

1914

1939

20

 

Belchamp Walter

1635

1995

356

New

Bentley Common

1881

1995

1224

 

Berden

1915

1947

13

New

Berners Roding

1591

1985

86

 

Bicknacre

1928

2000

46

New

Billericay

1769

1999

620

New

Birch

1724

1991

985

New

Birchanger

1705

2004

922

New

Birdbrook

1914

1951

29

 

Black Notley

1657

1992

636

New

Blackmore

1594

1997

805

New

Bobbingworth

1914

1914

12

 

Boreham

1542

2003

1858

New

Bowers Gifford

1348

1986

400

New

Boxted

1839

2010

268

 

Bradfield

1598

1984

1207

New

Bradwell juxta Coggeshall

1648

1992

371

New

Braintree

1818

2004

7118

New

Brentwood

1776

1907

146

New

Brightlingsea

1542

1988

4554

New

Broomfield

1571

1995

5166

 

Broxted

1914

1939

19

 

Bulmer

1713

1993

605

New

Bulphan

1717

2000

438

New

Canewdon

1531

1996

912

New

Castle Hedingham

1619

2007

1728

New

Chadwell St Mary

1914

1939

13

 

Chappel

1730

1996

407

New

Chelmsford

1544

1995

7003

New

Chignall Smealy

1456

1994

441

New

Chignall St James

1702

1996

123

 

Childerditch

1750

1999

228

New

Chipping Ongar

1900

1939

355

 

Chrishall

1914

1917

63

 

Clavering

1914

1939

66

 

Colchester

1725

1942

926

New

Cold Norton

1599

1998

399

New

Colne Engaine

1736

1979

607

New

Coopersale

1914

1939

27

New

Copford

1624

1980

674

 

Cornish Hall End

1914

1939

10

 

Corringham

1340

2016

278

New

Crays Hill

1914

1914

8

New

Creeksea

1631

2011

227

New

Cressing

1607

1990

764

New

Dagenham

1939

1939

802

 

Danbury

1414

1996

3168

New

Debden

1914

1939

32

 

Doddinghurst

1683

1996

712

New

Dovercourt

1910

1998

688

New

Downham

1588

1995

1074

New

Duddenhoe End

1914

1939

5

 

Dunton

1690

1995

123

New

Earls Colne

1602

1977

1799

New

East Ham

1915

1945

60

 

East Hanningfield

1728

1994

655

New

East Horndon

1422

1994

479

New

Easthorpe

1652

1996

164

New

Eastwick

 

 

10No years*

 

Eastwood

1600

1996

2595

 

Elmdon

1914

1939

30

 

Elmstead

1354

1995

911

New

Elsenham

1914

1939

182

 

Epping Upland

1914

1939

21

 

Epping

1914

1939

242

 

Fairstead

1656

1987

292

New

Farnham

1914

1939

24

New

Faulkbourne

1576

1988

354

New

Feering

1623

2001

1032

New

Felsted

1420

2000

2306

New

Finchingfield

1914

1939

76

 

Fingringhoe

1587

1996

658

New

Fobbing

1727

2001

827

New

Fordham

1711

1978

837

 

Foulness

1698

1999

516

New

Foxearth

1914

1914

87

 

Frating

1720

1973

225

New

Frinton on Sea

1914

1939

43

 

Fryerning

1698

1926

362

New

Fyfield

1914

1982

21

 

Galleywood

1874

1997

1457

New

Gestingthorpe

1533

1987

668

New

Gilston

1814

1939

34

 

Goldhanger

1531

1996

818

New

Good Easter

1610

1992

407

New

Gosfield

1440

2007

1488

New

Grays Thurrock

1914

1939

375

 

Great Baddow

1614

1998

4011

New

Great Bardfield

1914

1939

20

 

Great Bentley

1735

1939

1128

New

Great Braxted

1654

1995

653

New

Great Bromley

1916

1980

18

New

Great Burstead

1661

1994

2318

New

Great Canfield

1914

1914

7

 

Great Chesterford

1914

1939

26

 

Great Chishill

1914

1914

13

 

Great Clacton

1728

1973

458

New

Great Coggeshall

1580

2009

4350

New

Great Dunmow

1914

1939

226

 

Great Easton

1914

1944

18

 

Great Hallingbury

1914

1939

23

 

Great Henny

1530

1991

184

New

Great Horkesley

1327

1986

998

New

Great Ilford

1811

1978

308

New

Great Leighs

1414

1994

913

New

Great Maplestead

1914

1914

7

 

Great Oakley

1619

2004

1095

New

Great Oakley

1914

1939

38

 

Great Parndon

1598

2011

755

New

Great Saling

1914

1939

15

 

Great Sampford

1914

1914

32

 

Great Stambridge

1371

2006

1000

New

Great Tey

1701

1994

514

New

Great Totham

1606

2014

1877

New

Great Wakering

1699

2006

2156

New

Great Waltham

1589

1998

2153

 

Great Warley

1661

1941

271

New

Great Wigborough

1555

2000

319

New

Great Yeldham

1629

1996

947

New

Greenstead Green

1836

1995

289

 

Greensted-juxta-Ongar

1100

2016

399

New

Hadleigh

1719

2012

2178

New

Hadstock

1796

2009

1172

 

Halstead

1400

1945

226

 

Harlow

1326

2013

4875

New

Hatfield Broad Oak

1914

1945

18

 

Hatfield Heath

1914

1944

95

 

Hatfield Peverel

1100

1999

2343

New

Havering atte Bower

1914

1914

11

 

Hazeleigh

1756

2001

77

New

Helions Bumpstead

1914

1914

16

 

Hempstead

1914

1939

28

 

Henham

1914

1945

38

 

Heybridge

1504

1999

434

 

Heydon

1914

1939

10

New

High Easter

1728

1998

596

 

High Laver

1693

2003

394

New

High Ongar

1895

1939

47

 

High Roding

1603

1999

418

New

High Wych

1914

1939

39

 

Highwood

1844

1996

498

New

Hockley

1711

2000

1168

New

Horndon on the Hill

1555

2000

747

New

Hunsdon

1914

1939

25

 

Ickleton

1914

1939

23

 

Ingatestone

1877

1993

17

New

Ingrave

1466

2001

1295

New

Ingrave

1859

1939

61

 

Inworth

1731

1992

272

New

Kelvedon Hatch

1551

2001

741

New

Kelvedon

1430

2000

2473

New

Kirby le Soken

1729

1995

1525

 

Lamarsh

1914

1914

9

 

Lambourne

1914

1946

45

 

Langdon Hills

1630

2001

929

New

Langford

1764

2004

540

New

Langley

1914

1914

10

 

Latchingdon

1760

2009

529

New

Latchingdon

1724

2009

400

 

Latton

1467

2007

498

New

Lawford

1584

1990

1196

 

Layer Breton

1797

1981

199

New

Layer Marney

1360

1999

388

 

Layer de la Haye

1543

2011

883

New

Leaden Roding

1682

1999

212

 

Leigh on Sea

1453

1987

666

New

Lexden

1676

1991

1885

New

Little Baddow

1470

1995

1070

New

Little Bardfield

1916

1919

12

 

Little Bentley

1490

1998

380

New

Little Braxted

1508

1990

210

New

Little Bromley

1717

1993

219

New

Little Burstead

1617

2004

862

New

Little Canfield

1914

1939

6

 

Little Chesterford

1914

1914

9

 

Little Chishill

1918

1944

2

 

Little Clacton

1568

2011

1137

New

Little Coggeshall

1910

1910

1

 

Little Dunmow

1235

2006

458

New

Little Easton

1914

1939

60

 

Little Hadham

1914

1939

22

 

Little Hadham

1914

1939

21

 

Little Hallingbury

1914

1939

78

 

Little Horkesley

1391

2013

545

New

Little Laver

1792

2001

258

New

Little Leighs

1384

1994

506

New

Little Maplestead

1914

1914

3

 

Little Parndon

1651

2002

280

New

Little Sampford

1914

1939

11

 

Little Tey

1764

2005

205

New

Little Totham

1606

1994

346

New

Little Wakering

1672

1981

487

New

Little Waltham

1447

1998

893

New

Little Warley

1592

1991

226

 

Little Wigborough

1662

1996

132

New

Little Yeldham

1696

1993

257

New

Littlebury

1914

1939

25

 

Loughton

1914

1918

90

 

Magdalen Laver

1667

2004

360

New

Maldon

1486

2009

2663

New

Manningtree

1722

1946

337

New

Manuden

1623

1992

830

New

Margaret Roding

1716

1999

283

New

Marks Tey

1876

2010

283

New

Markshall

1741

1928

62

New

Mashbury

1804

1985

132

New

Matching

1638

2005

731

New

Mayland

1656

2000

649

New

Messing

1530

1991

700

New

Middleton

1914

1939

37

 

Moreton

1914

1940

17

 

Moulsham

1837

1951

782

New

Mountnessing

1583

2000

821

New

Mucking

1607

1976

357

New

Mundon

1712

1990

126

New

Myland/Mile End

1719

1984

1566

New

Navestock

1589

2000

680

New

Nazeing

1842

1939

260

 

Netteswell

1523

1974

5459

New

Nevendon

1677

1996

289

New

Newport

1914

1939

50

 

North Benfleet

1659

1993

233

New

North Chingford

1914

1914

242

 

North Fambridge

1766

2001

227

New

North Shoebury

1700

2001

596

 

North Weald Bassett

1914

1963

365

 

Orsett

1485

1992

1839

New

Paglesham

1681

1993

425

New

Panfield

1733

2011

611

New

Parkeston

1914

1956

514

New

Pattiswick

1638

1988

158

New

Pebmarsh

1914

1914

24

 

Peldon

1754

1999

600

New

Pentlow

1914

1944

9

 

Pitsea

1731

1984

657

New

Pleshey

1745

1996

390

New

Purleigh

1592

2013

1108

New

Quenden

1914

1939

21

 

Radwinter

1914

1939

34

 

Ramsden Bellhouse

1720

1996

423

New

Ramsden Crays

1731

1995

157

New

Ramsden Heath

1870

1996

201

New

Ramsey

1705

1999

824

New

Rawreth

1527

1999

671

New

Rayleigh

1416

1990

772

New

Rayne

1556

1998

800

New

Rettendon

1552

1999

894

New

Rickling

1914

1914

25

 

Ridgewell

1914

1939

15

 

Rivenhall

1594

1989

1196

New

Rochford

1514

1997

2246

New

Roxwell

1593

1996

2201

New

Roydon

1914

1939

71

 

Runwell

1547

2005

732

New

Saffron Walden

1544

1982

2252

New

Sandon

1520

1997

883

New

Sawbridgeworth

1914

1939

118

 

Shalford

1537

2012

772

New

Sheering

1914

1939

50

 

Shelley

1595

2009

255

New

Shellow Bowells

1770

1992

57

New

Shenfield

1631

2008

2794

New

Shoeburyness

1865

1946

277

New

Shopland

1639

1939

93

New

Sible Hedingham

1369

2008

2093

New

South Fambridge

1685

1998

105

New

South Hanningfield

1678

1994

289

New

South Shoebury

1236

2009

3239

New

South Weald

1634

1988

548

New

Southchurch

1678

2002

3205

New

Southend on Sea

1840

1980

2005

New

Springfield

1421

1998

2867

New

St Lawrence Newland

1722

1999

308

New

Stambourne

1710

2004

570

New

Stanford Rivers

1492

2000

837

New

Stanford le Hope

1914

1939

103

 

Stanstead Abbotts

1914

1939

46

 

Stanstead St Margarets

1914

1914

8

 

Stansted Mountfitchet

1914

1939

120

 

Stapleford Tawney

1491

2008

370

New

Stebbing

1914

1939

49

 

Steeple Bumpstead

1914

1939

41

 

Steeple

1759

2000

371

New

Stock

1574

1997

1647

New

Stondon Massey

1570

1995

471

New

Stow Maries

1602

2004

344

New

Strethall

1508

1989

140

 

Sturmer

1620

2008

525

New

Sturmer

1914

2001

13

 

Sutton

1371

1996

443

New

Takeley

1632

2004

1047

 

Tendring

1615

2001

763

New

Terling

1558

1990

1404

New

Thaxted

1914

1939

161

 

Theydon Bois

1914

1939

54

 

Theydon Garnon

1735

1994

748

New

Theydon Mount

1577

2009

495

New

Thorley

1914

1919

119

 

Thundersley

1884

1991

231

New

Tilbury juxta Clare

1685

1990

120

New

Tillingham

1866

1916

19

New

Tilty

1914

1914

6

 

Tiptree

1810

2006

2521

New

Tollesbury

1914

1939

64

 

Tolleshunt Knights

1757

1984

183

New

Toppesfield

1585

1998

756

New

Ugley

1914

1939

57

 

Ulting

1754

1989

209

New

Upshire

1914

1939

24

 

Vange

1659

2001

1924

New

Wakes Colne

1611

1995

659

New

Waltham Abbey

1914

1939

243

 

Walton le Soken

1914

1945

177

 

Weeley

1758

1988

601

New

Wendens Ambo

1914

1944

56

 

West Bergholt

1670

2007

644

New

West Hanningfield

1361

1994

669

New

Westcliff on Sea

1872

1951

342

New

Wethersfield

1673

2004

1429

 

White Colne

1767

1996

423

New

White Notley

1724

1990

657

New

White Roding

1680

1999

460

New

Wicken Bonhunt

1693

1975

163

New

Wickford

1731

2005

1253

New

Wickham Bishops

1767

1998

1020

New

Wickham St Paul

1660

1988

253

New

Widdington

1914

1914

8

 

Widford

1728

1993

641

New

Willingale Doe

1582

1994

631

New

Willingale Spain

1614

1994

212

New

Wimbish

1914

1939

29

 

Witham

1584

2010

6159

New

Wivenhoe

1507

1994

1447

 

Woodham Ferrers

1588

1999

1433

New

Woodham Mortimer

1584

1998

536

New

Woodham Walter

1647

1995

739

New

Wrabness

1728

2003

490

New