England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Virley lies in eastern Essex not too far from its coastline with Salcott Channel, one of the complex estuaries forming this stretch of the coastline. Virley is located about 8 miles south of Colchester. Virley has ceased to exist as a separate settlement having been merged with neighbouring Salcott following the demise of the church. The combined village of Salcott cum Virley sits just over a quarter mile east of the B1026 road which connects Colchester with Maldon. As a coastal community sitting at the head of a navigable creek Virley would have enjoyed some coastal trading as well access to fisheries and shell-fisheries, in particular the famous oyster beds of this part of the coastline. In addition the grazing marshes would have provided income from pastoral grazing of, mainly, cattle. Despite these advantages of a diverse economy, this part of the Essex coast is remote and the village declined notably as a result. Salcott Creek drains eastwards the short distance to the Blackwater Estuary and thence to the North Sea. Virley is sited at just 2 metres above the sea and land only rises gently to local heights of 50 metres or so inland to the northwest. Virley parish was tiny, even by southern standards, it covered just over 600 acres and would have supported a [population of close to 50 parishioners. In Domesday times it was equally small, a settlement of a single plough held by one Robert Gernon. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 23rd October 1761 - 3rd October 1811 | Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P412/1/3 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 20th June 1815 - 17th July 1836 | Essex Record Office - Reference - D/P412/1/4 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
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Wigborough St Stephen
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Wigborough St Stephen
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Wigborough St Stephen
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St Mary
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