History of Harwich

Harwich, the Quayside c1954
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

White's Directory of Essex 1848

Harwich is an ancient borough, market town, seaport and bathing-place, locally situated at the north east extremity of >>more.

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

More local history sources

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

Search for Harwich 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

Church Street, Harwich
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 Harwich on the Essex County Council's Unlocking Essex

Community web site with some of the history of Harwich.

Harwich Heritage Maritime Trail.

1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 021, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).

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

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.

Harwich
print published 1834