Parish Registers (Part 8): Stapleford Tawney

In the city centre of Colchester is the Library in Trinity Square (CO1 1JB). It contains a Local Studies Library holding a wealth of material related to the history of Colchester and Essex and is located in the Quiet Zone on the first floor.

On the open shelf is a manuscript copy of the ‘Registers for Stapleford Tawney, Essex. 1752-1821’ (the originals are at the Essex Record Office and available to view by subscription online).¹⁹² It contains the following:

Marriages from 1756-1818, entries 1 to 104. [Pages] 1-22.

Banns of Parishioners not married in this church. [Pages] 23-24

Baptisms, 1753-1821. [Pages] 10-32

Burials, 1753-1820. [Pages] 12-24.

“An account of the Repair of ye churchyard fence taken from Goodman Lickerish who was then Parish Clerk & others of the Parishioners in 1703.[This appears to be boundaries of land ownership] [Page] I25.

Memoranda dated “9th of Feb, 1770”, “5 Feb 1782”. [Page] 26.

“1817. Vestry ... this 9th day of June (by order of the Archdeacon of Essex) ... repairing of churchyard fence”. [Page] 27.

“The bounds of the Parish of Stapleford Tawney were perambulated on Thursday April 30th 1818”. [Page] 28.

Footnote

¹⁹² See Journal No. 96: Essex Record Office: List of Parish Registers held for St Mary the Virgin Church, Stapleford Tawney (as of September 2026) – High Country History Group.