Gilston Hertfordshire Family History Guide
Gilston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
GILSTON, a parish in Ware district, Herts; on an affluent of the river Stort, near the boundary with Essex, 2 miles N of Burnt Mill r. station, and 3½ WSW of Sawbridgeworth. Post town, Harlow. Acres, 980. Real property, £2, 274. Pop., 270. Houses, 51. The property is divided among a few. Gilston Park belonged to the Plumers, and passed to the Wards. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £241. Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower and spire. 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
GILSTONE, a parish, in the union of Ware, hundred of Braughin, county of Hertford, 2 miles (W. N. W.) from Harlow; containing 246 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises about 980 acres, is situated on the river Stort, and the London and Brandon railway passes near the village. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £10. 3. 4.; net income, £241; patron, the Bishop of London. The church is a handsome structure in the later English style, with a square embattled tower surmounted by a spire.
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 – Bishop’s Stortford
- Poor Law Union: Ware
- Hundred: Braughing
- Province: Canterbury