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

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

View From Church Tower Albury Hertfordshire
View From Church Tower Albury Hertfordshire

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hertfordshire, Albury – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Monumental inscriptions of the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Albury
Author: Pearson, John; Pearson, Janet; Hertfordshire Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions, Albury (incomplete); and parish of St. Peter & St. Paul, in Tring, Hertfordshire, England

Monumental inscriptions, Albury, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900

England, Hertfordshire, Albury – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Albury, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Hertfordshire, Albury – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Albury, 1813-1865
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Albury (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Albury, parish registers

Parish registers for Albury, 1558-1962
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Albury (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Albury – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1665-1781
Author: Manor of Whitebarns and Albury Parsonage (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Albury – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens accounts and other miscellaneous parish records, 1743-1930
Author: Albury (Hertfordshire)

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