Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire Family History Guide

Sawbridgeworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.

Alternative names: High Wych, Sapsworth

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SAWBRIDGEWORTH, popularly Sapsworth, a small town, a parish, and a sub-district, in Bishop-Stortford district, Herts.

The town stands on the river Stort, adjacent to the Great Eastern railway, 4 miles S of Bishop-Stortford; carries on a considerable trade in malt; had formerly a weekly market; and now has a head post-office, a r. station with telegraph, and fairs on 23 April and 20 Oct.

The parish comprises 6, 606 acres. Real property, £16, 465. Pop. in 1851, 2, 571; in 1861, 2, 701. Houses, 561.

The manor belonged to Geoffrey Magna-ville; and passed to the Says, the Bourchiers, and others. Hyde Hall is the seat of the Earl of Roden.

There are extensive nursery-grounds. A section of the parish, with a pop. of 1, 100, was constituted in 1861 into the chapelry of Highwych.

The head living is a vicarage, and that of Highwych is a p. curacy, in the diocese of Rochester. Value of the former, £400; of the latter, £150. Patron of the former, the Bishop of Rochester; of the latter, the Vicar of S. The parochial church, or St. Michael’s, was repaired and altered in 1859. The church of Highwych was built in 1861, and is in the early English style.

An Independent chapel was built in 1863; and is in the decorated English style.

There are an endowed school, two national schools, and charities £17.

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, Sapsworth

England, Hertfordshire, Sawbridgeworth – Cemeteries ( 3 )
[British war graves – Hertfordshire]
Author: Gillon, Geoffrey R.

Monumental inscriptions, Great St. Mary’s, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire
Author: Hertfordshire Family and Population History Society

Monumental inscriptions, Sawbridgeworth, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900

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

England, Hertfordshire, Sawbridgeworth – Church records ( 8 )
Births and baptisms, 1817-1836
Author: Independent Church (Sawbridgeworth)

Bishop’s transcripts for High Wych, 1861-1878
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of High Wych (Hertfordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Sawbridgeworth, 1639-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sawbridgeworth (Hertfordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Sawbridgeworth, 1800-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sawbridgeworth (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Sawbridgeworth, parish registers

Parish registers for High Wych, 1861-1967
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of High Wych (Hertfordshire)

Parish registers for Sawbridgeworth, 1558-1929
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sawbridgeworth (Hertfordshire)

Tithe book, 1686-1817 and churchwardens’ accounts, 1703-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sawbridgeworth (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Sawbridgeworth – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Sawbridgeworth, Herts., Eng

Computer printout of Sawbridgeworth, Independent, Herts., Eng

England, Hertfordshire, Sawbridgeworth – History ( 2 )
The book of Bishop’s Stortford and Sawbridgeworth : an illustrated record
Author: Orton, Ian

The story of Sawbridgeworth
Author: Waterson, Mary

England, Hertfordshire, Sawbridgeworth – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Sawbridgeworth
Author: Hill, John

England, Hertfordshire, Sawbridgeworth – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Tithe book, 1686-1817 and churchwardens’ accounts, 1703-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sawbridgeworth (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Sawbridgeworth – Schools ( 1 )
The story of Sawbridgeworth
Author: Waterson, Mary

England, Hertfordshire, Sawbridgeworth – Taxation ( 1 )
Tithe book, 1686-1817 and churchwardens’ accounts, 1703-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sawbridgeworth (Hertfordshire)

Administration

  • County: Hertfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Bishops Stortford
  • 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 – Bishop’s Stortford
  • Poor Law Union: Bishop’s Stortford
  • Hundred: Braughing
  • Province: Canterbury