Hadstock Essex Family History Guide
Hadstock is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Botolph
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HADSTOCK, a village and a parish in the district of Linton and county of Essex.
The village stands near the boundary with Cambridgeshire, 1 mile S of Linton r. station, and 4 ENE of Chesterford; was once a market town; and still has a fair on 28 June.
The parish comprises 1,870 acres; and its post town is Linton, under Cambridge. Real property, £2, 714. Pop., 511. Houses, 112. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to S. Malthus, Esq: Traces have been seen of a Roman villa.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £267. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is Norman and cruciform; has a tower; and was recently in disrepair.
A well set round with stones, and called St. Botolph’s well, is in the churchyard. There is a free school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
HADSTOCK (St. Botolph), a parish, in the union of Linton, hundred of Freshwell, N. division of Essex, 1½ mile (S.) from Linton; containing 490 inhabitants.
The parish is situated at the northern extremity of the county, and stretches into the county of Cambridge; it comprises about 1800 acres. The surface is undulated, and the soil strong, and well adapted for wheat, with some land of lighter quality; the pastures are rich, and the meadows on the banks of the Granta afford rich crops of hay.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £19; net income, £267; patron, the Bishop of Ely. The tithes were commuted for land in 1801; the glebe altogether comprises 304½ acres. The church is a very ancient cruciform structure of stone, with a square tower: the choir was originally separated from the nave by an old screen, now placed at the west end; the north porch has a Norman doorway, slightly moulded.
Near the church is a well, dedicated to St. Botolph, from which a constant stream, passing under the wall of the churchyard, supplies the village with water.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Linton
- Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Sampford
- Poor Law Union: Linton
- Hundred: Freshwell
- Province: Canterbury