Essex Record Office

[1] A searchable database of the records held at the office is available on a system called Seax.

[2] The Record Office was previously held within County Hall, Chelmsford, before being transferred to a specially built premises on Wharf Road beside River Chelmer.

[3] Since 2015 the Record Office has produced duplicate birth, marriage, and death certificates for the registration district of Essex.

The initial collection of muniments in 1939 included Court Rolls, Parish Records, Deeds, and Charters.

On account of sparse storage space by 1997, plans were made by Essex County Council for a new Record Office facility, to accommodate increasing numbers of document accessions,[4] whilst also being equipped with a purpose built sound archive, conservation studio, lecture theatre, and seminar spaces.