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 memorial inscriptions place list
Parish | Year from | Year to | Record count |
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Abberton | 1701 | 1995 | 317 |
Abbess Roding | 1613 | 1999 | 363 |
Aldham | 1851 | 1986 | 292 |
Althorne | 1502 | 2001 | 475 |
Ardleigh | 1950 | 1950 | 13 |
Arkesden | 1914 | 1939 | 10 |
Ashdon | 1566 | 1979 | 606 |
Ashen | 1914 | 1939 | 7 |
Ashingdon | 1744 | 1998 | 1,182 |
Aythorpe Roding | 1687 | 1999 | 239 |
Barling Magna | 1658 | 1979 | 274 |
Barnston | 1525 | 2001 | 334 |
Basildon | 1706 | 2002 | 1,112 |
Beauchamp Roding | 1798 | 1999 | 216 |
Belchamp Otten | 1719 | 1994 | 221 |
Belchamp St Paul | 1914 | 1939 | 19 |
Belchamp Walter | 1635 | 1995 | 371 |
Bentley Common | 1881 | 1995 | 1,224 |
Berden | 1915 | 1947 | 13 |
Berners Roding | 1591 | 1985 | 91 |
Bicknacre | 1928 | 2000 | 46 |
Billericay | 1769 | 1999 | 614 |
Birch | 1724 | 1990 | 980 |
Birchanger | 1705 | 2004 | 1,020 |
Birdbrook | 1914 | 1951 | 29 |
Black Notley | 1657 | 1992 | 636 |
Blackmore | 1594 | 1997 | 684 |
Blackmore End | 1868 | 2003 | 162 |
Bobbinworth (Bovinger) | 1914 | 1914 | 12 |
Boreham | 1542 | 2003 | 1,858 |
Bowers Gifford | 1348 | 1986 | 400 |
Bradfield | 1649 | 1942 | 469 |
Bradwell Juxta Coggeshall | 1648 | 1992 | 367 |
Braintree | 1818 | 2004 | 7,111 |
Brightlingsea | 1542 | 1988 | 4,554 |
Broomfield | 1571 | 1995 | 2,121 |
Broxted & Chockney | 1914 | 1939 | 19 |
Bulmer | 1713 | 1993 | 627 |
Bulphan | 1717 | 2000 | 438 |
Bush End | 1914 | 1914 | 8 |
Canewdon | 1531 | 1996 | 912 |
Castle Hedingham | 1619 | 2007 | 1,769 |
Chappel | 1730 | 1996 | 407 |
Chelmsford | 1544 | 1997 | 6,994 |
Chignal Smealy | 1456 | 1994 | 442 |
Chignal St James | 1702 | 1996 | 123 |
Childerditch | 1750 | 1999 | 228 |
Chingford | 1914 | 1914 | 241 |
Chipping Ongar | 1900 | 1939 | 43 |
Chrishall | 1914 | 1917 | 62 |
Clavering | 1914 | 1939 | 66 |
Coggleshall, Marks Hall | 1741 | 1928 | 62 |
Colchester | 1725 | 1942 | 587 |
Cold Norton | 1599 | 1998 | 398 |
Colne Engaine | 1736 | 1979 | 607 |
Coopersale | 1914 | 1939 | 27 |
Copford | 1624 | 1980 | 674 |
Cornish Hall End | 1914 | 1939 | 10 |
Creeksea | 1631 | 2011 | 227 |
Cressing | 1607 | 1990 | 764 |
Danbury | 1414 | 1996 | 3,154 |
Daws Heath | 1884 | 1991 | 231 |
Debden | 1914 | 1939 | 32 |
Doddinghurst | 1683 | 1996 | 712 |
Downham | 1588 | 1995 | 1,074 |
Duddenhoe End | 1914 | 1939 | 5 |
Dunton | 1690 | 1995 | 124 |
Earls Colne | 1602 | 1977 | 1,798 |
East Hanningfield | 1728 | 1994 | 655 |
East Horndon | 1422 | 1994 | 476 |
Easthope | 1652 | 1996 | 164 |
Eastwick (Herts) | 1914 | 1939 | 10 |
Eastwood | 1600 | 1996 | 2,593 |
Elmdon | 1914 | 1939 | 18 |
Elmdon & Wenden Lofts | 1939 | 1939 | 6 |
Elmstead | 1354 | 1995 | 911 |
Elsenham | 1914 | 1939 | 182 |
Epping | 1914 | 1939 | 242 |
Epping Upland | 1914 | 1939 | 21 |
Fairstead | 1656 | 1987 | 292 |
Farnham | 1914 | 1939 | 24 |
Faulkbourne | 1576 | 1988 | 347 |
Feering | 1623 | 2001 | 1,026 |
Felstead | 1914 | 1939 | 57 |
Felsted | 1420 | 2000 | 2,303 |
Finchingfield | 1914 | 1939 | 76 |
Fingringhoe | 1587 | 1996 | 658 |
Fobbing | 1727 | 2001 | 827 |
Ford End | 1870 | 1995 | 522 |
Fordham | 1711 | 1993 | 837 |
Foulness | 1698 | 1999 | 516 |
Foxearth | 1914 | 1914 | 87 |
Frating | 1720 | 1973 | 225 |
Frinton On Sea | 1914 | 1939 | 43 |
Fryerning | 1698 | 1926 | 362 |
Fyfield | 1914 | 1982 | 21 |
Galleywood | 1874 | 1997 | 1,457 |
Gestingthorpe | 1533 | 1987 | 734 |
Gilston (Herts) | 1814 | 1939 | 34 |
Goldhanger | 1531 | 1996 | 818 |
Good Easter | 1610 | 1992 | 423 |
Gosfield | 1440 | 2007 | 1,501 |
Great Baddow | 1614 | 1998 | 4,009 |
Great Bardfield | 1914 | 1939 | 20 |
Great Bentley | 1735 | 1991 | 1,120 |
Great Braxted | 1654 | 1995 | 662 |
Great Bromley | 1916 | 1980 | 18 |
Great Burstead | 1661 | 1994 | 2,305 |
Great Canfield | 1914 | 1914 | 7 |
Great Chesterford | 1914 | 1939 | 26 |
Great Chishill (Cambs) | 1914 | 1914 | 13 |
Great Clacton | 1591 | 2006 | 678 |
Great Coggeshall | 1580 | 2009 | 4,351 |
Great Dunmow | 1914 | 1939 | 220 |
Great Easton & Tilty | 1914 | 1944 | 18 |
Great Hallingbury | 1914 | 1939 | 41 |
Great Henry | 1530 | 1991 | 181 |
Great Henry & Little Henry | 1914 | 1939 | 27 |
Great Horkesley | 1327 | 1986 | 998 |
Great Leighs | 1414 | 1994 | 648 |
Great Maplestead | 1914 | 1914 | 7 |
Great Oakley | 1619 | 2004 | 1,133 |
Great Parndon | 1598 | 2011 | 765 |
Great Saling | 1914 | 1939 | 15 |
Great Sampford | 1914 | 1914 | 16 |
Great Tey | 1701 | 1994 | 513 |
Great Wakering | 1699 | 2006 | 2,156 |
Great Waltham | 1589 | 1998 | 1,493 |
Great Warley | 1661 | 1941 | 271 |
Great Wigborough | 1555 | 2000 | 311 |
Great Yeldham | 1629 | 1996 | 947 |
Greenstead Green | 1836 | 1995 | 285 |
Hadstock | 1796 | 2009 | 312 |
Halstead | 1400 | 1993 | 1,172 |
Harlow | 1190 | 2010 | 3,908 |
Hatfield Broad Oak | 1914 | 1945 | 18 |
Hatfield Heath | 1914 | 1944 | 95 |
Hatfield Peverel | 1100 | 1999 | 2,345 |
Havering-Atte-Bower | 1914 | 1914 | 11 |
Hazeleigh | 1756 | 2001 | 76 |
Heliomns Bumpstead | 1914 | 1914 | 16 |
Hempstead | 1914 | 1939 | 28 |
Henham | 1914 | 1945 | 38 |
Heybridge | 1504 | 1999 | 433 |
Heydon (Cambs) | 1914 | 1939 | 10 |
High Easter | 1728 | 1998 | 641 |
High Laver | 1693 | 2003 | 405 |
High Ongar | 1895 | 1939 | 47 |
High Roding | 1603 | 1999 | 431 |
High Wych (Herts) | 1914 | 1939 | 39 |
Highwood | 1844 | 1996 | 498 |
Hockley | 1711 | 2000 | 1,167 |
Horndon-On-The-Hill | 1555 | 2000 | 747 |
Hunsdon (Herts) | 1914 | 1939 | 25 |
Ickleton (Cambs) | 1914 | 1939 | 23 |
Ilford | 1811 | 1978 | 308 |
Ingrave | 1466 | 2001 | 1,297 |
Inworth | 1731 | 1992 | 272 |
Kelvedon | 1430 | 2000 | 2,455 |
Kelvedon Hatch | 1551 | 2001 | 741 |
Kirby Le Soken | 1729 | 1995 | 1,472 |
Lamarsh | 1914 | 1914 | 9 |
Lambourne | 1914 | 1946 | 45 |
Langdon Hills | 1630 | 2001 | 929 |
Langford | 1764 | 2004 | 540 |
Langley | 1914 | 1914 | 10 |
Latchingdon | 1724 | 2009 | 929 |
Latton | 1467 | 2007 | 500 |
Lawford | 1584 | 1990 | 1,244 |
Layer Breton | 1797 | 1981 | 147 |
Layer Marney | 1360 | 1999 | 388 |
Layer-de-la-Haye | 1543 | 2011 | 881 |
Leaden Roding | 1682 | 1999 | 212 |
Leigh On Sea | 1453 | 1987 | 666 |
Lexden | 1676 | 1991 | 1,908 |
Little Baddow | 1198 | 1995 | 1,070 |
Little Bardfield | 1916 | 1919 | 12 |
Little Bentley | 1490 | 1998 | 380 |
Little Braxted | 1508 | 1990 | 209 |
Little Bromley | 1717 | 1993 | 219 |
Little Canfield | 1914 | 1939 | 6 |
Little Chesterford | 1914 | 1914 | 9 |
Little Chishill (Cambs) | 1918 | 1944 | 2 |
Little Dunmow | 1235 | 2006 | 500 |
Little Easton | 1914 | 1939 | 60 |
Little Hadham (Herts) | 1914 | 1939 | 43 |
Little Hallingbiry | 1914 | 1939 | 23 |
Little Hallingbury | 1914 | 1939 | 37 |
Little Laver | 1792 | 2001 | 270 |
Little Leighs | 1384 | 1994 | 453 |
Little Maplestead | 1914 | 1914 | 3 |
Little Parndon | 1651 | 2002 | 302 |
Little Saailing Or Bardfield | 1914 | 1939 | 10 |
Little Sampford | 1914 | 1939 | 11 |
Little Tey | 1764 | 2005 | 205 |
Little Totham | 1606 | 1994 | 345 |
Little Wakering | 1672 | 1981 | 487 |
Little Waltham | 1447 | 1998 | 890 |
Little Warley | 1592 | 1991 | 226 |
Little Wigborough | 1662 | 1996 | 132 |
Little Yeldham | 1696 | 1993 | 257 |
Littlebury | 1914 | 1939 | 25 |
Loughton | 1914 | 1918 | 90 |
Magdalen Laver | 1667 | 2004 | 373 |
Maldon | 1795 | 1865 | 55 |
Manuden | 1623 | 1992 | 848 |
Margaret Roding | 1716 | 1999 | 288 |
Mashbury | 1804 | 1985 | 132 |
Matching | 1638 | 2005 | 764 |
Mayland | 1656 | 2000 | 648 |
Messing | 1530 | 1991 | 695 |
Middleton | 1914 | 1939 | 36 |
Mile End (Myland) | 1719 | 1984 | 1,566 |
Moreton | 1914 | 1940 | 17 |
Moulsham | 1837 | 1951 | 782 |
Mountnessing | 1583 | 2000 | 821 |
Mucking | 1607 | 1976 | 358 |
Mundon | 1712 | 1990 | 126 |
Navestock | 1589 | 2000 | 680 |
Nazeing | 1842 | 1939 | 253 |
Netteswell | 1523 | 1974 | 528 |
Netteswell Cross | 1914 | 1945 | 23 |
Nevendon | 1677 | 1996 | 289 |
Newport | 1914 | 1939 | 50 |
North Benfleet | 1659 | 1993 | 233 |
North Fambridge | 1766 | 2001 | 227 |
North Weald | 1914 | 1963 | 365 |
Ongar | 1914 | 1914 | 297 |
Orsett | 1485 | 1992 | 1,839 |
Pagelsham | 1681 | 1993 | 425 |
Panfield | 1733 | 2011 | 611 |
Parkeston | 1910 | 1998 | 1,202 |
Pattiswick | 1638 | 1988 | 158 |
Pebmarsh | 1914 | 1914 | 24 |
Peldon | 1754 | 1999 | 600 |
Pentlow | 1914 | 1944 | 9 |
Philpott End | 1914 | 1914 | 6 |
Pitsea | 1731 | 1984 | 657 |
Pleshey | 1745 | 1996 | 399 |
Potter Street & Latton | 1915 | 1945 | 33 |
Quenden | 1914 | 1939 | 16 |
Quendon & Rickling | 1939 | 1939 | 5 |
Radwinter | 1914 | 1939 | 34 |
Ramsden Bellhouse | 1720 | 1996 | 444 |
Ramsden Crays | 1731 | 1995 | 163 |
Ramsden Heath | 1870 | 1996 | 180 |
Ramsey | 1705 | 1999 | 823 |
Ramsey With Little Oakley | 1719 | 1881 | 39 |
Rawreth | 1527 | 1999 | 665 |
Rayleigh | 1416 | 1990 | 763 |
Rayne | 1556 | 1998 | 800 |
Rettendon | 1552 | 1999 | 865 |
Rickling | 1914 | 1914 | 25 |
Ridgewell | 1914 | 1939 | 15 |
Rivenhall | 1594 | 1989 | 1,196 |
Rochford | 1514 | 1997 | 1,971 |
Roxwell | 1593 | 1996 | 2,242 |
Roydon | 1914 | 1939 | 71 |
Runwell | 1547 | 2005 | 732 |
Saffron Walden | 1544 | 1985 | 2,440 |
Sandon | 1520 | 1997 | 876 |
Sawbridgeworth (Herts) | 1914 | 1939 | 93 |
Sawbridgeworth (Herts) | 1919 | 1939 | 25 |
Shalford | 1537 | 2012 | 762 |
Sheering | 1914 | 1939 | 48 |
Shelley | 1914 | 1914 | 5 |
Shellow Bowells | 1770 | 1992 | 57 |
Shopland | 1639 | 1939 | 93 |
Sible Hedingham | 1369 | 2008 | 2,093 |
South Fambridge | 1685 | 1998 | 105 |
South Hanningfield | 1678 | 1994 | 289 |
South Shoebury | 1236 | 2009 | 3,236 |
South Weald | 1634 | 1988 | 548 |
Southchurch | 1678 | 2002 | 3,201 |
Southend On Sea | 1840 | 1993 | 1,799 |
Springfield | 1421 | 1998 | 2,849 |
St Lawrence Newland | 1722 | 1999 | 308 |
Stambourne | 1710 | 2004 | 571 |
Stanford Rivers | 1492 | 2008 | 837 |
Stanstead Abbotts (Herts) | 1914 | 1939 | 46 |
Stanstead St Margarets (Herts) | 1914 | 1914 | 8 |
Stansted Mountfitchet | 1914 | 1939 | 120 |
Stapleford Tawney | 1491 | 2008 | 370 |
Stebbing | 1914 | 1939 | 49 |
Steeple | 1759 | 2000 | 371 |
Steeple Bumpstead | 1914 | 1939 | 41 |
Stock | 1574 | 1997 | 1,647 |
Stomdon Massey | 1914 | 1920 | 9 |
Stondon Massey | 1570 | 1995 | 471 |
Stow Maries | 1602 | 2004 | 344 |
Strethall | 1508 | 1989 | 140 |
Sturmer | 1620 | 2008 | 538 |
Sutton | 1371 | 1996 | 388 |
Takeley | 1632 | 2004 | 1,038 |
Terling | 1558 | 1990 | 1,405 |
Thaxted | 1914 | 1939 | 161 |
Theydon Garnon | 1735 | 1994 | 758 |
Theydon Mount | 1577 | 2009 | 495 |
Thorley (Herts) | 1914 | 1919 | 118 |
Thorndon Park | 1859 | 1939 | 61 |
Tilbury Juxta Clare | 1685 | 1990 | 120 |
Tillingham | 1866 | 1916 | 19 |
Tilty (See Also Easton, Great) | 1914 | 1914 | 6 |
Tiptree | 1810 | 2006 | 2,516 |
Tolleshunt Knights | 1757 | 1984 | 183 |
Toppesfield | 1585 | 1998 | 884 |
Ugley | 1914 | 1939 | 57 |
Ulting | 1754 | 1991 | 219 |
Upshire | 1914 | 1939 | 24 |
Vange | 1659 | 2000 | 1,919 |
Waltham Abbey | 1914 | 1939 | 243 |
Walton-On-The-Naze | 1914 | 1945 | 177 |
Weeley | 1758 | 1988 | 601 |
Wendens Ambo | 1914 | 1944 | 56 |
West Bergholt | 1670 | 1968 | 349 |
West Hanningfield | 1361 | 1994 | 669 |
Wethersfield | 1673 | 2004 | 1,313 |
White Colne | 1767 | 1996 | 423 |
White Notley | 1724 | 1990 | 654 |
White Roding | 1680 | 1999 | 463 |
Wicken Bonhunt | 1693 | 1975 | 169 |
Wickford | 1731 | 2005 | 1,252 |
Wickham Bishops | 1767 | 1998 | 1,020 |
Wickham St Paul | 1660 | 1988 | 253 |
Widdington | 1914 | 1914 | 8 |
Widford | 1728 | 1993 | 638 |
Willingale & Shellow Bowels | 1914 | 1939 | 17 |
Willingale Doe | 1582 | 1994 | 632 |
Willingale Spain | 1614 | 1994 | 234 |
Wimbish With Thundersley | 1914 | 1939 | 29 |
Witham | 1584 | 2010 | 6,135 |
Wivenhoe | 1507 | 1994 | 1,448 |
Woodham Ferrers | 1588 | 1999 | 1,433 |
Woodham Mortimer | 1584 | 1998 | 536 |
Woodham Walter | 1647 | 1995 | 737 |
Wrabness | 1728 | 2003 | 488 |