History of Berechurch

Berechurch (from a print c.1823

White's Directory of Essex 1848

BERECHURCH or WEST DONYLAND, is a very small parish, two miles South of Colchester, having only 147 inhabitants and 6 borough >>more.

White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants (under Colchester).

More local history sources

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

Search for Berechurch 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.

Excellent detailed information on the history of Berechurch appears in the Victorian Counties History on the British History Online web site: 'Outlying parts of the Liberty: West Donyland', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 9: The Borough of Colchester (1994).

1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 027, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).

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

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.