King’s Langley Hertfordshire Family History Guide
King’s Langley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include: Baptist and Independent/Congregational.
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KINGS-LANGLEY, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in Hemel-Hempstead district, Herts.
The village stands adjacent to the river Gade, the Grand Junction canal, and the Northwestern railway, 4½ miles NNW of Watford; and has a station on the railway, a post-office under Watford, and fairs on 24, 25, and 26 June.
The parish includes also the hamlet of Chipperfield. Acres, 3, 461. Real property, £8, 252. Pop., 1, 509. Houses, 318. The property is divided among a few.
The manor was given, by Edward I., to a Dominican priory here; went to the Grimstones, the Morisons, and the Earls of Essex; and belongs now to Robert Blackwell, Esq. The priory was founded, in the 13th century by Roger Lucey; was the burial place, in 1312, of Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall; was enlarged and enriched, by Edward II., Edward III., and Edward IV., till it became the greatest house of its order in England; and was restored, as a nunnery, by Queen Mary.
A royal palace was erected, on a spot near the church, by Henry III.; was the birthplace of Edmund de Langley, fifth son of Edward III.; was occupied, during one Christmas, by Edward II., and, till the time of Queen Elizabeth, by the dowager queens; and is now represented by some crumbling remains. Tesselated tiles are frequently found in the fields.
Paper making, brewing, malting, and straw-plaiting are carried on.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £464. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is early and later English; comprises nave and chancel, with embattled tower; contains a piscina, a brass of 1528, and a restored monument of Prince Edmund de Langley; and contained temporarily the remains of Richard II. The p. curacy of Chipperfield is a separate benefice.
There are an Independent chapel, a national school, an industrial school, and charities £49.
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: Hemel Hempstead
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
- Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Berkhampstead, Post-1844 – Watford
- Poor Law Union: Hemel Hampstead
- Hundred: Dacorum
- Province: Canterbury