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1851 England Census

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Abberton Great Henny Norton Mandeville
Abbotts Roothing Great Holland Orsett
Aldham Great Horkesley Ovington
Alphamstone Great Leighs Paglesham
Alresford Great Maplestead Panfield
Althorne Great Oakley Pattiswick
Ardleigh Great Parndon Pebmarsh
Arkesden Great Saling Peldon
Ashdon Great Sampford Pentlow
Asheldham Great Stambridge Pitsea
Ashingdon Great Tey Pleshey
Aveley Great Totham Prittlewell
Barking Great Wakering Purleigh
Barling Great Waltham Quendon
Bartlow Great Warley Radwinter
Basildon Great Wigborough Rainham
Beauchamp Roothing Great Yeldham Ramsden Bellhouse
Beaumont cum Moze Greenstead Ramsden Crays
Beeleigh Greensted Ramsey
Belchamp Otten Hadleigh Rawreth
Belchamp St Paul Hadstock Rayleigh
Belchamp Walter Halstead Rayne
Berden Harlow Rettendon
Berechurch Harwich St Nicholas Rickling
Berners Roothing Hatfield Peverel Ridgwell
Birch Havengore Island Rivenhall
Birchanger Haverhill Rochford
Birdbrook Havering Romford
Birds Green Hawkwell Roxwell
Black Notley Hazeleigh Roydon
Blackmore Helions Bumpstead Runwell
Bobbingworth Hempstead Saffron Walden
Bocking Henham Salcott
Boreham Herongate Sandon
Borley Heybridge Shalford
Bowers Gifford Heydon Sheering
Boxted High Laver Shelley
Bradfield High Ongar Shellow Bowells
Bradwell Hockley Shenfield
Bradwell near the Sea Hornchurch Shopland
Braintree Horndon on the Hill Sible Hedingham
Brightlingsea Hutton Snoreham
Broomfield Ingatestone South Benfleet
Bulmer Ingrave South Church
Bulphan Inworth South Fambridge
Burnham Kedington South Hanningfield
Buttsbury Kelvedon South Ockendon
Canewdon Kelvedon Hatch South Shoebury
Castle Hedingham Kirby le Soken South Weald
Chadwell Laindon Southchurch
Chapel Laindon Hills Southminster
Chelmsford Lamarsh Springfield
Chignell Smealy Lambourne St Lawrence
Chignell St James Langenhoe St Osyth
Chigwell Langford Stambourne
Childerditch Langham Stanford le Hope
Chingford Langley Stanford Rivers
Chipping Ongar Latchingdon Stanway
Chrishall Latton Stapleford Abbotts
Clavering Lawford Stapleford Tawney
Colchester All Saints Layer Breton Steeple
Colchester Holy Trinity Layer de la Hay Steeple Bumpstead
Colchester St Botolph Layer Marney Stifford
Colchester St Giles Leigh Stisted
Colchester St James Lexden Stock
Colchester St Leonard Leyton Stondon Massey
Colchester St Martin Liston Stow Maries
Colchester St Mary at the Walls Little Baddow Strethall
Colchester St Mary Magdalen Little Bentley Sutton
Colchester St Nicholas Little Braxted Tendring
Colchester St Peter Little Bromley Terling
Colchester St Runwald Little Burstead Theydon Bois
Cold Norton Little Chesterford Theydon Garnon
Colne Engaine Little Clacton Thorington
Copford Little Coggeshall Thorp le Soken
Corringham Little Hallingbury Thoydon Mount
Cranham Little Henny Thundersley
Creeksea Little Holland Tilbury
Cressing Little Horkesley Tillingham
Dagenham Little Ilford Tollesbury
Danbury Little Laver Tolleshunt Darcy
Debden Little Leighs Tolleshunt Knights
Dedham Little Maplestead Tolleshunt Major
Dengie Little Oakley Toppesfield
Doddinghurst Little Parndon Twinstead
Dovercourt Little Sampford Ugley
Downham Little Stambridge Ulting
Dunton Little Tey Upminster
Earls Colne Little Thurrock Vange
East Donyland Little Totham Virley
East Ham Little Wakering Wakes Colne
East Hanningfield Little Waltham Walham Holy Cross
East Horndon Little Warley Walthamstow
East Mersea Little Wigborough Walton le Soken
East Thorpe Little Yeldham Wanstead
East Tilbury Littlebury Weeley
Eastwood Loughton Wenden Lofts
Elmdon Magdalen Laver Wendens Ambo
Elmstead Maldon All Saints Wennington
Elsenham Maldon St Mary West Bergholt
Epping Maldon St Peter West Ham
Fairsted Manningtree West Hanningfield
Farnham Manuden West Horndon
Faulkbourn Margaretting West Mersea
Feering Marks Tey West Thurrock
Finchingfield Markshall West Tilbury
Fingringhoe Mashbury Wethersfield
Fobbing Matching White Colne
Fordham Mayland White Notley
Foulness Messing Wicken Bonhunt
Foxearth Middleton Wickford
Frating Mile End Wickham Bishops
Frinton Mistley Wickham St Paul
Fryerning Moreton Widdington
Fyfield Mount Bures Widford
Gestingthorpe Mountnessing Willingale Doe
Goldhanger Mucking Willingale Spain
Good Easter Mundon Wimbish
Gosfield Navestock Witham
Grays Nazeing Wivenhoe
Great Baddow Netteswell Wix
Great Bentley Nevendon Woodford
Great Braxted Newport Woodham Ferris
Great Bromley North Benfleet Woodham Mortimer
Great Burstead North End Woodham Walter
Great Chesterford North Fambridge Wormingford
Great Clacton North Ockendon Wrabness
Great Coggeshall North Shoebury Writtle
Great Hallingbury North Weald

Census Records - Parishes

After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.