BERDON, a parish in the hundred of CLAVERING, county of ESSEX, 5½ miles (N W) from Stansted- Mountfitchet, containing 338 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London, and in the patronage of the Governors of Christ’s Hospital. The church is dedicated to St Nicholas. The river Stort runs through the parish. A priory of Augustine canons was founded here in the reign of Henry III, the revenue of which, at the dissolution, was £35 5 1½. The Rev Joseph Mede, a learned commentator on the Book of Revelations, was born here, in 1586.
Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831)
Berden baptisms DP 104-1-1 1715-1811
Berden burials DP 104-1-1 1715-1811
Berden marriages DP 104-1-1 1715-1754
Berden marriages DP 104-1-2 1754-1812
Further registers for Berden are included in the FreeReg database.
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