Great Hormead Hertfordshire Family History Guide

Great Hormead is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Hare Street.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HORMEAD (GREAT), a village and a parish in Royston district, Herts. The village stands near the river Quin, 2¾ miles E of Buntingford r. station. The parish contains also part of Hare-Street village, which has a post-office under Buntingford. Acres, 2, 160. Real property, £3, 145. Pop., 660. Houses, 130. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged to Edgar Atheling, and passed to the De Veres. Hormead Bury is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £121. Patron, St. John’s College, Cambridge. The church is old but good. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £21.

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

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

England, Hertfordshire, Great Hormead – Church records ( 8 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Great Hormead, 1800-1852
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Hormead (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Great Hormead, parish registers

Hertfordshire parish registers, Great (Much) Hormead, 1538-1900

Miscellaneous church records, 1707-1937
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Hormead (Hertfordshire)

Note book of the Rev. C. Colson, vicar 1842-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Hormead (Hertfordshire); Colson, C.

Parish register extracts and monumental inscriptions, 1548-1839
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Hormead (Hertfordshire)

Parish registers for Great Hormead, 1538-1956
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Hormead (Hertfordshire)

Transcript of parish registers for Great Hormead
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Hormead (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Great Hormead – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Great Hormead, Hertford, England

England, Hertfordshire, Great Hormead – Military records ( 1 )
Militia lists, parishes of Great Hormead and Little Hormead
Author: Hill, John; Hill, Christine; Ashwell Field Studies Centre (England)

England, Hertfordshire, Great Hormead – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Miscellaneous church records, 1707-1937
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Hormead (Hertfordshire)

Note book of the Rev. C. Colson, vicar 1842-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Hormead (Hertfordshire); Colson, C.

Administration

  • County: Hertfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Royston
  • 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 – Buntingford
  • Poor Law Union: Buntingford
  • Hundred: Edwinstree
  • Province: Canterbury