History of Braintree

Braintree, Market Square 1900
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

White's Directory of Essex 1848

BRAINTREE, a well built and improving market town, is partly in its own parish, and partly in that of Bocking, and >>more.

White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.

Braintree 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 Braintree.

More local history sources

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

Search for Braintree 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, Braintree
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.

Brief archeological history of Braintree on the Essex County Council's Unlocking Essex.

Web site on the history of Bocking and Braintree.

1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 025, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).

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

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.