History of Birch

White's Directory of Essex 1848

BIRCH (GREAT and LITTLE) now form one parish, with a straggling village, on a pleasant acclivity, >>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 Birch from Abebooks. Just click the logo. The search terms are already formatted for Birch.

Search for Birch 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 Birch appears in the Victorian Counties History on the British History Online web site: Birch, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe (2001).

Web site on the history of the the village and churches of Birch. Documents and articles to view.

1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 036, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).

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

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.