Hertingfordbury Hertfordshire Family History Guide
Hertingfordbury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
Other places in the parish include: Birch Green, East End, Cole Green, Letty Green, and Stains Green.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1541
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Hertford St Andrew with St Nicholas and St Mary
- Bayford
- Hertford All Saints with St John
- Essendon
- Tewin
- Little Berkhampstead
- Bishop’s Hatfield
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HERTINGFORDBURY, a village and a parish in the district and county of Hertford. The village stands between the rivers Maran and Lea, adjacent to the Hertford and Dunstable railway, 2 miles WSW of Hertford; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Hertford. The parish contains also the hamlets of East-End, Stains-Green, Cole-Green, Birch-Green, and Letty-Green. Acres, 2, 586. Real property, £4, 168. Pop., 799. Houses, 168. The property is divided among a few. The manor was given, at the Conquest, to Philip de Valoines; passed to the Duchy of Lancaster; and, with Panshanger House, belongs now to Earl Cowper. An oak, nearly 20 feet in girth at 5 feet from the ground, is in Panshanger park. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Letty-Green, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £500. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is ancient; was thoroughly repaired in 1846; consists of nave, N aisle, S porch, and chancel, with tower and spire; and contains some beautiful monuments of the Cowpers. There are a chapel of ease at Letty-Green, an endowed school, and a charity for apprenticing.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Hertfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Hertford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
- Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Hertford
- Poor Law Union: Hertford
- Hundred: Hertford
- Province: Canterbury









































































