Hunsdon Hertfordshire Family History Guide
Hunsdon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1546
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Society of Friends/Quaker.
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HUNSDON, a village and a parish in Ware district, Herts. The village stands near the river Stort and the boundary with Essex, 2¼ miles NE of Roydon r. station, and 5 ESE of Ware; and has a post-office under Ware.
The parish comprises 1, 928 acres. Real property, £3, 733. Pop., 516. Houses, 90. The property is divided among a few.
The manor belonged to the Ferrers’, the Engaines, the Goldingtons, the Oldhalls, and the mother of Henry VII.; had a castle of the Oldhalls; and was made an honour by Henry VIII. Hunsdon House, a moated mansion, was built on the site of the Oldhalls’ castle, by Henry VIII.; was occupied or visited by Henry VIII.’s children; and was given by Queen Elizabeth to her cousin Cary, Lord Hunsdon.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £263. Patron, N. Calvert, Esq. The church is later English; consists of nave, transept, and chancel, with tower and spire; and contains a curious brass and several handsome monuments.
There are a national school, and charities £33.
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: 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 – Ware
- Poor Law Union: Ware
- Hundred: Braughing
- Province: Canterbury