Bygrave Hertfordshire Family History Guide

Bygrave is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1765
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1614

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Parish History

HERTFORDSHIRE BYGRAVE ST. MARGARETS CHURCH
HERTFORDSHIRE BYGRAVE ST. MARGARETS CHURCH

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BYGRAVE, a parish in Hitchin district, Herts; on the Hitchin and Royston railway, near Icknield-street and Metley Hill, 2¼ miles NE of Baldock. Post Town, Baldock. Acres, 1,809. Real property, £2,392. Pop., 195. Houses, 40. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £377. Patron, the Marquis of Salisbury. The church is good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BYGRAVE, a parish, in the union of Hitchin, hundred of Odsey, county of Hertford, 2 miles (N. E. by N.) from Baldock; containing 154 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1620 acres, about 100 of which are pasture. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £17. 9. 7.; net income, £377; patron, the Marquess of Salisbury.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hertfordshire, Bygrave – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions, Bygrave, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900

Monumental inscriptions, St. Nicholas’ Church, Norton; St. Margaret of Antioch’s Church, Bygrave
Author: Neesam, Garry; Hertfordshire Family and Population History Society

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

England, Hertfordshire, Bygrave – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bygrave, 1615-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bygrave (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Bygrave, parish registers

Parish registers for Bygrave, 1765-1912
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bygrave (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Bygrave – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Bygrave, Herts., Eng

Parish register printouts of Bygrave, Hertford, England ; marriages, 1765-1834
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Hertfordshire, Bygrave – Military records ( 1 )
Militia lists, parishes of Bygrave, Clothall, and Wallington
Author: Parker, Jack; Hill, Christine; Hill, John

Administration

  • County: Hertfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Hitchin
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
  • Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery: Baldock
  • Poor Law Union: Hitchin
  • Hundred: Odsey
  • Province: Canterbury