Digswell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
DIGSWELL, a village and a parish in Hatfield district, Herts. The village stands on the river Maran, adjacent to the Great Northern railway, 1 mile SSE of Welwyn r. station, and 4 N of Hatfield. It was known at Domesday as Dichelswelle; and it came to be a market-town, but has declined. The parish comprises 1, 623 acres; and its post town is Welwyn. Real property, £2, 422. Pop., 243. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. Digswell House belonged once to the Peryents; and passed to the Cowpers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £393. Patron, the Rev. G. E. Prescot. The church is good; and there is a free school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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England, Hertfordshire, Digswell – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Abstracts of transcripts of Digswell, Co. Herts., 1609-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Digswell (Hertfordshire)
Monumental inscriptions, Digswell
Author: Busby, Richard J.; Thomas, June; Parker, Jack; Hertfordshire Family and Population History Society
Monumental inscriptions, Digswell, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900
England, Hertfordshire, Digswell – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Digswell, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
Churchwardens’ accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1732-1912
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Digswell (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Digswell – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Digswell, 1604-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Digswell (Hertfordshire)
Churchwardens’ accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1732-1912
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Digswell (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Digswell, parish registers
Parish register extracts and monumental inscriptions, 1592-1795
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Digswell (Hertfordshire)
Parish registers for Digswell, 1538-1971
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Digswell (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Digswell – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Digswell, Herts., Eng
England, Hertfordshire, Digswell – History ( 1 )
Digswell from domesday to garden city
Author: Ward, Dora
England, Hertfordshire, Digswell – Manors ( 1 )
Digswell from domesday to garden city
Author: Ward, Dora
England, Hertfordshire, Digswell – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Digswell
Author: Hill, John
England, Hertfordshire, Digswell – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens’ accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1732-1912
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Digswell (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Digswell – Public records ( 1 )
Churchwardens’ accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1732-1912
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Digswell (Hertfordshire)
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
