Datchworth Hertfordshire Family History Guide
Datchworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
Alternative names:Parish church: All SaintsParish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1570Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
DATCHWORTH, a parish in the district and county of Hertford; 3 miles NE of Welwyn r. station, and 6¼ NW of Hertford. Post town, Welwyn. Acres, 1, 921. Real property, £2, 756. Pop., 635. Houses, 122. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £382. Patron, Clare Hall, Cambridge. The church is old but 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
DATCHWORTH (All Saints), a parish, in the hundred of Broadwater, union and county of Hertford, 2½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Welwyn; containing 581 inhabitants. It is situated on the great road from London to York, and comprises 1922a. 3r. 35p., of which 1491 acres are arable, 230 pasture, 97 woodland, and 60 common or waste; the soil is chiefly gravel, in some parts alternated with clay. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £14. 13. 4., and in the patronage of Clare Hall, Cambridge: the tithes have been commuted for £475, and the glebe comprises nearly 24 acres, with a glebe-house. The church has been enlarged by the addition of 150 free sittings.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Hertfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Hertford
- 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: Hertford
- Hundred: Broadwater
- Province: Canterbury