Albury, Hertfordshire Family History Guide
Albury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ALBURY, a parish in Bishop-Stortford district, Herts; on the river Ash, 4 miles W of Stanstead r. station, and 4½ NW of Bishop-Stortford. It has a post office under Ware; and a fair is held in it, at Putmore-Heath, on 17 July. Acres, 3,182. Real property, £5,375. Pop., 700. Houses, 147. The property shows pleasant scenery, and is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £300. Patron, the Treasurer of St. Paul’s. The church contains a brass of Sir R. Verney, and a tomb of De la Lee of Albury Hall. Charities, £19.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Albury, a parish in the hund. of Edwinstree, union of Bishop-Stortford, county of Hertford; 4¾ miles north-west from Bishop-Stortford. Living, a vicarage, a peculiar of the dean and chapter of St Paul’s; rated at £7 9s. 7d.; gross income £264. Patron, the treasurer of St Paul’s. Charities to the poor amount to about £18 yearly. Pop., in 1801, 557; in 1831, 631. Houses 132. Acres 3,200. A. P. £3,852. Poor rates, in 1837, £386
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Albury, 3¼ m. N. E. Standon. P. 641
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ALBURY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Bishop-Stortford, hundred of Edwinstree, county of Hertford, 4½ miles (N. W.) from Bishop-Stortford; containing 641 inhabitants. It is near the borders of Essex. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7. 9. 7.; net income, £264; patron, the Treasurer of St. Paul’s Cathedral. A pleasure-fair is held in July.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Hertfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Bishops Stortford
- Probate Court:
- Pre-1845 – Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral,
- Post-1844 – Court of the Archdeaconry of St Albans
- Diocese:
- Pre-1846 – London,
- Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery:
- Pre-1845 – None,
- Post-1844 – Bishop’s Stortford
- Poor Law Union: Bishop’s Stortford
- Hundred: Edwinstree
- Province: Canterbury