Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire Family History Guide
Ayot St Lawrence is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
Alternative names: Ayott St Lawrence, Great Ayot, Ayott Magna
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1566
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
AYOTT-ST. LAWRENCE, or Ayott-Magna, a parish in Hatfield district, Herts; near the river Maran, 2¾ miles WNW of Welwyn r. station. Post Town, Welwyn. Acres, 747. Real property, £1,568. Pop., 122. Houses, 23. The property is not much divided. The manor belonged anciently to King Harold; and belongs now to the Lydes of Ayott Park. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £180. Patron, Lionel Lyde, Esq. The church was rebuilt, in 1778, at the expense of Sir Lionel Lyde, in the Grecian style, after a design by Revett. The previous church still stands as a ruin, and contains some curious monuments.
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
Ayott (St. Lawrence), or Ayott-Magna, a parish in the hund. of Broadwater, union of Welwyn, Hertford; 2½ miles west from Welwyn. Living, a rectory in the archd. of Hutingdon and dio. of Lincoln; rated at £8 13s. 4d.; gross income £180. Patron, in 1835. L. Lyde, Esq. The church was rebuilt after a Grecian plan, by Revett, at the expense of Sir Lionel Lyde, in 1778. The old church, now in ruins, contains some curious monuments. Pop., in 1801, 115; in 1831, 134. Houses 22. Acres 980. A. P. £1,062. Poor rates, in 1837, £48.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Ayott (St. Lawrence), 6 m. N.N.W. Hatfield. P. 134
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
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Administration
- County: Hertfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Hatfield
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
- Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Hertford, Post-1844 – Welwyn
- Poor Law Union: Welwyn
- Hundred: Broadwater
- Province: Canterbury