Harpenden is a chapelry of Wheathampstead Ancient Parish in Hertfordshire.
Alternative names: Harden
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1562
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HARPENDEN, or HARDEN, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in St. Albans district, Herts. The village stands near the river Lea and the Hatfield and Dunstable railway, 1¼ mile from the boundary with Beds, and 4½ N by W of St. Albans; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under St. Albans. The parish comprises 5,061 acres. Real property, £11,031. Pop. in 1851, 1,980; in 1861, 2,164. Houses, 455. The property is much subdivided. The manor of Wheathampstead-cum-Harpenden belonged anciently to Westminster abbey; and is now divided between the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and John B. Lawes, Esq. Rothamsted, the seat of Mr. Lawes, is an old, picturesque, Elizabethan house; and stands in a well-wooded park. A chemical laboratory was built in 1855, by subscription, and presented to Mr. Lawes, in testimony of his discoveries in agricultural chemistry. Harpenden Hall, an old and picturesque house in the village, belonged formerly to the Reading family, and belongs now to C. W. Packe, Esq. Straw-plaiting and bleaching, and some brewing, are carried on. Races are held on the Friday before the Epsom races. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £710. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The former church was originally Norman, but largely altered to later English; and was cruciform, with originally a central tower, which was destroyed by fire, and succeeded by a western tower. The present church was built in 1863, at a cost of £4,600; retains the tower of the previous church; is in the decorated English style, and cruciform; and has a restored ancient font of Purbeck marble, and several monuments, including brasses of the Cressey and Annables families. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, British and foreign schools, a national school, and charities £9.
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, Harpenden – Archives and libraries – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 4 )
Finding aids
Author: Rothamsted Experimental Station
Library catalogue of printed books and pamphlets on agriculture printed between 1471 and 1840
Author: Rothamsted Experimental Station
Prints and paintings of British farm livestock, 1780-1910 : a record of the Rothamsted Collection
Author: Rothamsted Experimental Station; Boalch, D. H.; Hammond, John
Supplement to the library catalogue of printed books and pamphlets on agriculture published between 1471 and 1840 : list of additions since 1940
Author: Rothamsted Experimental Station
England, Hertfordshire, Harpenden – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions for St. Nicholas’ Church, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Author: Godwin, Daphne
Monumental inscriptions, Harpenden, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900
England, Hertfordshire, Harpenden – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Harpenden, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Hertfordshire, Harpenden – Church records ( 6 )
Baptisms, 1819-1821
Author: Independent Church (Harpenden, England)
Bishop’s transcripts for Harpenden, 1604-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harpenden (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Harpenden, parish registers
Parish register and miscellaneous church record transcripts, 1563-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harpenden (Hertfordshire); Brigg, William, 1858-1921
Parish register extracts and monumental inscriptions, 1600-1800
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harpenden (Hertfordshire)
Parish registers and miscellaneous public records, 1562-1929
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harpenden (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Harpenden – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Harpenden, Herts., Eng
Parish register printouts of Harpenden, Hertford, England ; christenings, 1813-1850
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Harpenden, Hertford, England ; marriages, 1813-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Hertfordshire, Harpenden – History ( 2 )
The Harpenden I remember, before 1914 : a prizewinning essay
Author: Gregory, Ronald
“Observations of weather” : the weather diary of Sir John Wittewronge of Rothamsted, 1684-89
Author: Stevenson, John; Williams, Margaret Harcourt
England, Hertfordshire, Harpenden – Military records ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Harpenden
Author: Moyse, J. M., Mrs.; Hill, Christine; Hill, John
England, Hertfordshire, Harpenden – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish registers and miscellaneous public records, 1562-1929
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harpenden (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Harpenden – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish registers and miscellaneous public records, 1562-1929
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Harpenden (Hertfordshire)
Administration
- County: Hertfordshire
- Civil Registration District: St Albans
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
- Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Berkhampstead, Post-1844 – St Albans
- Poor Law Union: St Albans
- Hundred: Dacorum
- Province: Canterbury