Graveley with Chivesfield Hertfordshire Family History Guide

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Graveley with Chivesfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Chivesfield and Chesfield.

Alternative names: Graveley, Graveley cum Chisfield, Graveley cum Chesfield

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1555
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GRAVELEY, a parish in Hitchin district, Herts; on the Roman road to Verulam, 2 miles N by E of Stevenage, and 3 ESE of Hitchin r. station. Post town, Stevenage. Acres, 1,817. Real property, £3, 057. Pop., 422. Houses, 87. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Chivesfield, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £391. Patron, the Rev. T. F. Green. The church is ancient but good, and has an embattled tower.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

GRAVELEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Hitchin, hundred of Broadwater, county of Hertford, 2 miles (N.) from Stevenage; containing, with the merged parish of Chivesfield, 403 inhabitants. The parish comprises 1817a. 1r. 13p.; the soil is a black loam, resting on chalk. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £12. 0. 10., and in the gift of the Rev. T. Fordham Green: the tithes have been commuted for £430, and the glebe comprises 32 acres, with a house. The church has a square embattled tower at the west end, surmounted by a spire covered with lead. There are some remains of Chivesfield church. The Roman road from Verulam to Chesterfield passes through the parish.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hertfordshire, Graveley – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Abstracts of transcripts of Graveley, Co. Herts., 1609-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Graveley (Hertfordshire)

Monumental inscriptions of St. Mary, Gravely; St. Mary, Great Wymondley; and St. Mary, Little Wymondley
Author: Laidlaw, Jean

Monumental inscriptions, Graveley, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900

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

England, Hertfordshire, Graveley – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Graveley, 1604-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Graveley (Hertfordshire)

Churchwardens accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1734-1954
Author: Graveley (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Graveley, parish registers

Marriages at Graveley, 1556-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Graveley (Hertfordshire)

Parish registers for Graveley, 1555-1974
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Graveley (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Graveley – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Graveley, Herts., Eng

England, Hertfordshire, Graveley – Military records ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Graveley, parish of Little Wymondley, parish of Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire, 1758-1785
Author: Hill, John; Hill, Christine; Ashwell Field Studies Centre (England); Hertfordshire Family and Population History Society

England, Hertfordshire, Graveley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1734-1954
Author: Graveley (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Graveley – Public records ( 1 )
Churchwardens accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1734-1954
Author: Graveley (Hertfordshire)

Administration

  • County: Hertfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Hitchin
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
  • Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery: Hitchin
  • Poor Law Union: Hitchin
  • Hundred: Broadwater
  • Province: Canterbury