History of Stebbing

Stebbing, High Street c1965
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

White's Directory of Essex 1848

STEBBING, 3 miles North East of Dunmow, is a large straggling village with many good houses, on the eastern acclivity of a valley >>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.

Stebbing 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 Stebbing.

More local history sources

Ebay is now a great source for old images of Essex towns and villages. If you're looking for pictures to add to your family tree album, then try one of the auctions, or there are several 'Buy It Now' shops offering postcards which have been touched up and improved - so if you're unsure about bidding, try these. Link already formatted for Essex. Browse through or type the name of the location in the Ebay search box. >>

Also on Ebay are legal documents on vellum. This link is formatted for Essex. (Sometimes I think these should be in an archive.) >>

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

Search for Stebbing 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

Stebbing
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.

Community web site with a detailed history of Stebbing.

Church web site with the history of St Mary's Church, Stebbing.

1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 024, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).

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

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.