Eastwick Hertfordshire Family History Guide
Eastwick is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Botolph
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1555
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
EASTWICK, a village and a parish in Ware district, Herts. The village stands on the river Stort, at the verge of the county, adjacent to the Eastern Counties railway, near Burnt Mill r. station, and 5½ miles ESE of Ware; is a seat of petty sessions; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Harlow.
The parish comprises 810 acres. Real property, £1, 486. Pop., 116. Houses, 23. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to R. P. Ward, Esq.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £210. Patron, R. P. Ward, Esq. The church is Norman; has a brass of 1564, and monuments of the Wards; and is good. Charities, £6.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
EASTWICK (St. Botolph), a parish, in the union of Ware, hundred of Braughin, county of Hertford, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Sawbridgeworth; containing 173 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £7. 11. 8.; net income, £210; patrons, the Ward family.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Hertfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Ware
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
- Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – London
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Braughing, Post-1844 – Ware
- Poor Law Union: Ware
- Hundred: Braughing
- Province: Canterbury