History of Wethersfield

Wethersfield, the Green 1903
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

White's Directory of Essex 1848

WETHERSFIELD is a large and well-built village, pleasantly situated on the northern acclivity of the vale of the river Pant >>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.

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More local history sources

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

Search for Wethersfield 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

Wethersfield
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 the history of Wethersfield.

1881 Ordnance Survey Map from the British History Online web site (Essex: 015, Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: Epoch 1.0).

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

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.