History of Aveley

Aveley, Stifford Road c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

White's Directory of Essex 1848

AVELEY is a long pleasant village, on a bold acclivity, about 2 miles North of the river Thames and Purfleet, 8 miles >>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.

Aveley Snippets

When researching for this website we often find a little snippet of information on a location or subject which may be of interest. Here's one for Aveley.

More local history sources

Books featuring Aveley from Abebooks. Just click the logo. The search terms are already formatted for Aveley.

Search for Aveley 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

High Street, Aveley
Reproduced courtesy of Footsteps.
Quality reproductions of old photographs.

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.

Excellent detailed information on the history of Aveley appears in the Victorian Counties History Volume 8 (1983) on the British History Online website.

Thurrock History Society web site with a page on the Monumental Church Brasses at St Michael's, Aveley.

1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 083, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).

Ordnance Survey - type the place name in the gazetteer search box to view detailed map of Aveley.

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.

Belhouse
print published 1834