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.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Little Hallingbury, Essex
- Widford
- Gilston
- Little Parndon, Essex
- Netteswell, Essex
- Eastwick
- Great Hallingbury, Essex
- Harlow St Mary and St Hugh, Essex
- Much Hadham
- Thorley
- Latton, Essex
- Sheering, Essex
- Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex
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].
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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