Vital Records by Parish
About the Vital Record Collection
The Download Tabs group Vital Records by Registration District, with an emphasis on Marriages during the 18th century. While the downloads include Birth and Death records, the aim of this collection is to document every Marriage record for the surname of Wood between 1650 and 1800.
Clusters of Wood records are found in 160 of the more than 400 parishes in Essex. The initial focus of this collection is on 71 parishes in the Registation Districts of Billericay, Chelmsford, Maldon, and Ongar. In the future, additional Registration Districts will be added to the table.
Core Districts
45% of Wood households residing in Essex before 1800 were in four Registration Districts: Billericay, Chelmsford, Maldon, and Ongar.
- Billericay
- Chelmsford
- Maldon
- Ongar

Billericay is the name of both a town and a Registration District. The Billericay District comprises twenty-four parishes. Billericay is one of four Registration Districts that contain the majority of records related to the Wood families of Essex.
The table includes the nineteen parishes of Billericay that have a concentration of documents related to Wood. The downloads are for Birth, Death, and Marriage Records, with emphasis on the 18th century. See the Collections Page for transcriptions of Wills and Land Records.
Parishes | Marriages | Other | DL |
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Bowers Gifford & Pitsea
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0
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0
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Download
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Brentwood
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0
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0
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Download
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Burstead (Gr, Lt) & Dunton
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0
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0
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Download
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Childerditch & Little Warley
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0
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0
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Download
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Ingrave
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0
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0
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Download
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Horndon, East & West
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0
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0
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Download
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Laindon & Basildon
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0
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0
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Download
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Mountnessing & Hutton
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0
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0
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Download
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Ramsden (Bellhouse, Cray) & Downham
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5
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3
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Shenfield
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0
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0
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Download
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South Weald
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0
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0
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Download
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Chelmsford is the name of both a town and Registration District. The Chelmsford District comprises nineteen parishes. Chelmsford is one of four Registration Districts that contain the majority of records related to the Wood families of Essex.
The table includes all nineteen parishes of Chelmsford. The downloads are for Birth, Death, and Marriage Records, with emphasis on the 18th century. See the Collections Page for transcriptions of Wills and Land Records.
Parishes | Marriages | Other | DL |
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Baddow, Great & Little
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0
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0
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Download
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Boreham & Little Laver
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0
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0
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Download
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Buttsbury & Stock Harward
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0
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0
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Download
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Chelmsford
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0
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0
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Download
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Fryerning & Ingatestone
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0
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0
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Download
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Margaretting & Writtle
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0
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0
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Download
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Roxwell & Good Easter
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0
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0
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Download
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Sandon & East Hanningfield
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0
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0
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Download
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Waltham, Great & Little
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21
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Wood Ferrers & Widford
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0
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0
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Download
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Maldon is the name of both a town and Registration District. The Maldon District comprises fifteen parishes. Maldon is one of four Registration Districts that contain the majority of records related to the Wood families of Essex.
The table includes all fifteen parishes of Chelmsford. The downloads are for Birth, Death, and Marriage Records, with emphasis on the 18th century. See the Collections Page for transcriptions of Wills and Land Records.
Parishes | Marriages | Other | DL |
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Bradwell-juxta-Mare & Tillingham
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0
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0
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Download
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Burnham
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0
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0
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Download
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Goldhanger & Great Totham
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0
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0
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Download
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Heybridge & Mundon
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0
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0
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Download
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Latchingdon & Mayland
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0
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0
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Download
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Maldon
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0
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0
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Download
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Steeple & St Lawrence
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0
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0
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Download
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Tollesbury
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0
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0
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Download
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Tolleshunt Knight & Major
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9
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12
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Ongar is the name of a Remigration District. The parishes of Chipping Ongar and High Ongar partly share the name. The Ongar District comprises sixteen parishes. Ongar is one of four Registration Districts that contain the majority of records related to the Wood families of Essex.
The table includes all sixteen parishes of Chelmsford. The downloads are for Birth, Death, and Marriage Records, with emphasis on the 18th century. See the Collections Page for transcriptions of Wills and Land Records.
Parishes | Marriages | Other | DL |
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Abbess Roding & Bobbingworth
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0
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0
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Download
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Blackmore & Doddinghurst
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0
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0
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Download
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Chipping Ongar & Greenstead
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0
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0
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Download
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Fyfield & Moreton
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0
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0
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Download
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Navestock & Theydon Mount
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0
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0
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Download
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Stanford Rivers & High Ongar
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0
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0
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Download
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Stapleford Abbots & Tawney
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0
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0
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Download
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Stondon Massey & Kelvedon Hatch
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14
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20
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