History of Berden

St. Nicholas' Church, Berden
©Robert Edwards
Photograph by kind permission of Robert Edwards,
contributor to the Geograph Project

White's Directory of Essex 1848

BERDEN, or Berdon, a small village, 9 miles South West by South of Saffron Walden and 5 miles South West of >>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 Berden from Abebooks. Just click the logo. The search terms are already formatted for Berden.

Search for Berden 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.

Village web site with the history of Berden.

Essex Police article on the murder of Parish Constable Trigg in Berden. 1814.

1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 013, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).

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

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.