History of Great Baddow

Great Baddow, the Church 1898
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

White's Directory of Essex 1848

GREAT BADDOW, one of the handsomest villages in Essex, is pleasantly situated nearly 2 miles East South East 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.

Great Baddow 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 Great Baddow.

More local history sources

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

Search for Great Baddow 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

Baddow Road, Great Baddow
Reproduced courtesy of Footsteps.
Quality reproductions of old photographs.

Essex1841.com transcript of 1841 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.

1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 053, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).

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

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.