Elstree Hertfordshire Family History Guide

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Elstree is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.

Alternative names: Idlestree

Parish church: St. Nicholas

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1656
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1575

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ELSTREE, or Idlestree, a parish in the district of Barnet and county of Hertford; and a village partly in this parish and partly in the Middlesex parishes of Little Stanmore and Edgware.

The village stands near the Midland railway, 3 miles NNW of Edgware; and has a Post-office designated Elstree, Herts, and a railway station. The parish comprises 1, 370 acres. Real property, £3, 761. Pop., 402. Houses, 83. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the abbey of St. Albans; and passed to the Denings, the Briscoes, and the Byngs.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £304. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good and handsome; and has a modern tower and spire.

The remains of William Weare, who was murdered in 1823 by Thurtell, Probert, and Hunt, lie in the churchyard. Charities, £28.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ELSTREE, or Idlestree (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Barnet, hundred of Cashio, or liberty of St. Alban’s, county of Hertford, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Edgware; containing 360 inhabitants, and comprising by computation 1300 acres.

The village stands upon the spot where the Watling-street crosses from Middlesex into Hertfordshire, and is in the four parishes of Aldenham, Edgware, Elstree, and Whitchurch.

The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8; net income, £304; patron, the Lord Chancellor. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment, under an act passed in 1776 for inclosing Boreham common; the glebe altogether consists of 220 acres, with a house built in 1836. The church, a neat edifice, erected about the time of Queen Elizabeth, is said to have been first built out of the ruins of the ancient city Sulloniacim, the foundations of which are still visible about one mile to the south.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Hertfordshire, Idlestree

England, Hertfordshire, Elstree – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Elstree, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900

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

England, Hertfordshire, Elstree – Church records ( 9 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Elstree, 1575-1848
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Elstree (Hertfordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Elstree, 1629-1715
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Elstree (Hertfordshire)

Churchwardens accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1685-1928
Author: Elstree (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Borehamwood, All Saints, parish registers

England, Hertfordshire, Elstree, parish registers

The first register book of the parish church of Elstree, 1655-1757
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Elstree (Hertfordshire); Eales, A. R. T.

Marriages at Elstree, 1585-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Elstree (Hertfordshire)

Parish registers for Elstree, 1585-1945
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Elstree (Hertfordshire)

Transcripts of church registers

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

Parish register printouts of Elstree, Hertford, England, christenings, 1755-1800
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Hertfordshire, Elstree – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Elstree
Author: Hill, John

England, Hertfordshire, Elstree – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1685-1928
Author: Elstree (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Elstree – Public records ( 1 )
Churchwardens accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1685-1928
Author: Elstree (Hertfordshire)

Administration

  • County: Hertfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Barnet
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of St Albans
  • Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – London
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – St Albans, Post-1844 – Watford
  • Poor Law Union: Barnet
  • Hundred: Cashio
  • Province: Canterbury