History of Felsted

Felsted, the Guildhall c1960
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

White's Directory of Essex 1848

FELSTED, or Felstead, is a large village, with many good houses, on the north-eastern acclivity of tbe vale of the >>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 Felsted from Abebooks. Just click the logo. The search terms are already formatted for Felsted.

Search for Felstead 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

Felsted Mill
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.

Community web site with some of the history of Felsted.

Short history of the Church of the Holy Cross.

1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 033, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).

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

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.

Leigh Priory
print published 1834