Parish registers

Parish registers record baptisms, marriages and burials in Church of England parishes. They are still being created today. For links to parishes' official websites and maps of current parish boundaries please see https://www.achurchnearyou.com

Parish registers are essential sources for family history. The Essex Record Office (ERO) holds registers from over 400 parishes, covering the present county of Essex, including Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock, and also those parts of north-east London that used to be in Essex. Most parishes have registers from the 17th or 18th century onwards, but some go back to 1538.

Essex Archives Online includes images of all registers of baptisms, marriages and burials that have been deposited either in the ERO or with our partners at Waltham Forest Archives. It excludes only baptism registers less than 16 years old and marriage registers from after 1957.

Please note that these images are not indexed on our site, except by place and date range. However, Ancestry has created name indexes to most of our images of parish registers, except the very latest ones. The indexes cover baptisms 1538-1918, marriages 1538-1935, and burials 1538-1994. Ancestry is a subscription site, but you can see it free of charge in the Essex Record Office or in any Essex library. Users of these indexes on Ancestry can click through to Essex Archives Online and buy an emailed copy of any particular indexed image. This single-image service is quite separate from our subscription scheme. Subscribers do not have free access to the click through service, but they may also find the indexes useful for identifying the entries that they need.

Many partial indexes are available elsewhere. For some free examples see FamilySearch or FreeReg. Other indexes, such as the National Burial Index, may be available on CD or by subscription online.

To find out what registers we hold, and to identify images available, select the first letter of the parish name in the list below, and then the parish and church that you need.

The lists show

all the registers of baptisms, marriages, burials or banns from Anglican or other churches, or from cemeteries, and any transcripts of them, that are available through the ERO, and
the formats in which the records are available: either as digital images, or as microfiches or microfilms, or - if no copy exists - as original documents. Only items marked 'digital images' are available in that form; otherwise, clicking on 'View' will simply show you the catalogue entry for the document.

Until 1812 many parish registers covered more than one type of event. These registers will appear in the lists several times, but with the same reference each time.

To see images of parish registers online, please register and buy a subscription. Images are free to view in the ERO Searchroom.

Select the first letter of the parish:

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Documents held

Type of document	From	To	Reference	Format
Register of baptisms	1555	1654	D/P 166/1/3	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of baptisms	1653	1746	D/P 166/1/4	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Register of baptisms	1746	1798	D/P 166/1/5	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of baptisms	1798	1812	D/P 166/1/6	Digital images. Microfiche (1)	View
Register of baptisms	1813	1850	D/P 166/1/7	Digital images. Microfiche (8)	View
Register of baptisms	1850	1902	D/P 166/1/8	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Register of baptisms	1903	1957	D/P 166/1/9	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Register of baptisms	1957	1964	D/P 166/1/36	Digital images. Microfiche (1)	View
Register of burials	1555	1648	D/P 166/1/3	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of burials	1651	1655	D/P 166/1/3	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of burials	1653	1748	D/P 166/1/4	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Register of burials	1662	1662	D/P 166/1/3	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of burials	1748	1798	D/P 166/1/5	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of burials	1799	1812	D/P 166/1/6	Digital images. Microfiche (1)	View
Register of burials	1813	1864	D/P 166/1/20	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Register of burials	1864	1905	D/P 166/1/21	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of burials	1906	1943	D/P 166/1/22	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of marriages	1555	1647	D/P 166/1/3	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of marriages	1651	1653	D/P 166/1/3	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of marriages	1653	1748	D/P 166/1/4	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Register of marriages	1748	1754	D/P 166/1/5	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of marriages	1754	1770	D/P 166/1/10	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of marriages	1770	1812	D/P 166/1/11	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of marriages	1813	1837	D/P 166/1/12	Digital images. Microfiche (1)	View
Register of marriages	1838	1853	D/P 166/1/13	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of marriages	1854	1916	D/P 166/1/14	Digital images. Microfiche (6)	View
Register of marriages	1916	1928	D/P 166/1/15	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of marriages	1928	1935	D/P 166/1/16	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of marriages	1935	1940	D/P 166/1/17	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Register of marriages	1945	1950	D/P 166/1/18	Digital images. Microfiche (3)	View
Register of marriages	1950	1959	D/P 166/1/19	Digital images (partial). Microfiche (3)	View
Register of marriages	1959	1965	D/P 166/1/37	Microfiche (3)	View
Register of marriages	1965	1967	D/P 166/1/38	Microfiche (2)	View
Register of marriages	1967	1971	D/P 166/1/39	Microfiche (3)	View
Banns register	1754	1770	D/P 166/1/10	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Banns register	1770	1813	D/P 166/1/11	Digital images. Microfiche (2)	View
Banns register	1844	1890	D/P 166/1/23	Microfiche (2)	View
Banns register	1890	1935	D/P 166/1/24	Microfiche (3)	View
Banns register	1935	1939	D/P 166/1/25	Microfiche (1)	View
Banns register	1939	1943	D/P 166/1/26	Microfiche (1)	View
Banns register	1944	1957	D/P 166/1/27	Microfiche (3)	View
Banns register	1966	1970	D/P 166/1/28	Microfiche (1)	View
Banns register	1970	1980	D/P 166/1/29	Microfiche (2)	View
Banns register	1980	1985	D/P 166/1/30	Microfiche (1)	View
Bishop's Transcripts of baptisms	1800	1877	D/CR 80	Many gaps in years. Original	View
Bishop's Transcripts of burials	1800	1877	D/CR 80	Many gaps in years. Original	View
Bishop's Transcripts of marriages	1800	1836	D/CR 80	Many gaps in years. Original	View
Transcript of baptisms	1555	1850	T/R 100/1	Original	View
Transcript of baptisms	1555	1662	D/P 166/1/32	Original	View
Transcript of baptisms	1653	1812	T/R 168/6	Microfilm in searchroom	View
Transcript of baptisms	1653	1812	D/P 166/1/33	Original	View
Transcript of baptisms	1653	1812	D/P 166/1/35	Original	View
Transcript of burials	1555	1812	T/R 168/6	Microfilm in searchroom	View
Transcript of burials	1555	1662	D/P 166/1/32	Original	View
Transcript of burials	1555	1864	T/R 100/1	Original	View
Transcript of burials	1653	1772	D/P 166/1/34	Original	View
Transcript of burials	1653	1812	D/P 166/1/35	Original	View
Transcript of burials	1813	1865	T/R 269/4/3	On shelf in searchroom	View
Transcript of marriages	1555	1853	T/R 100/1	Original	View
Transcript of marriages	1555	1662	D/P 166/1/32	Original	View
Transcript of marriages	1653	1812	T/R 168/6	Microfilm in searchroom	View
Transcript of marriages	1653	1812	D/P 166/1/35	Original	View
Transcript of marriages	1653	1754	D/P 166/1/34	Original	View
Transcript of marriages	1754	1851	T/R 203/76	Original	View