Bocking, Essex
Location
Bocking is an ancient parish located towards the north of the county of
Essex.
Bocking is approximately thirteen miles north north east of the county town of
Chelmsford. The market town of
Braintree is approximately two miles to the south. The city of
Colchester is about seventeen miles to the west.
Parish Church
The Parish (CofE) Church is St Mary, Bocking, which can be found here on
Google Street View
Parish Registers
Essex Archives shows a holding of seven Registers of Baptism (1561 - 1605 & 1655 - 1959), twenty-five Marriage Registers (1593 - 1639 & 1655 - 2013) and seven Burial Registers (1558 - 1628 & 1665 - 1947). For additional detail see
https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/ParishRegisters.aspx?selAlphabet=B&selParish=606&selChurch=608 (accessed 31 October 2022)
Adjacent (Pre 1832) Parishes
To the east of Bocking lies
Stisted and to the south is the parish of
Braintree. To the west of Bocking are
Rayne,
Panfield and
Shalford. To the north are
Wethersfield and
Gosfield, which surrounds Aylewards Farm, a portion of Bocking which is effectively detached.
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