Essex memorial 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 memorial inscriptions place list

Parish	Year from	Year to	Record count
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