History of Arkesden
Arkesden
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Quality reproductions of old photographs.
White's Directory of Essex 1848
ARKESDEN, a pleasant village on the banks of a rivulet, 5 miles South West of Saffron Walden, has in its parish 498 souls, and 2300 >>more.
White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874 - list of inhabitants.
More local history sources
Books featuring Arkesden from Abebooks. Just click the logo. The search terms are already formatted for Arkesden.
Search for Arkesden census returns at ancestry.co.uk.
1841 England Census | 1851 England Census
| 1861 England Census
1871 England Census | 1881 England Census
| 1891 England Census
1901 England Census
The Essex Record Office: an excellent starting point for research. The ERO has an online catalogue by the name of SEAX and a database of Parish Records held in the ERO. Access to both via their home page.
1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 008, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).
Ordnance Survey - type the place name in the gazetteer search box to view detailed map of Arkesden.
Images of England web site which has a photographic record of England's listed buildings - from the grandest house to the humblest cottage. Enter the town or village in the search box. Photographs are accompanied by a detailed architectural description of the property.
