Stanstead Abbots Hertfordshire Family History Guide

Stanstead Abbots is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.

Alternative names: Stanstead Abbott, Stanstead Abbotts

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1679
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800

Nonconformists include: Countess of Huntingdon Methodist and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STANSTEAD-ABBOTS, a village and a parish in Ware district, Herts. The village stands on the river Lea and on the Hertford railway, at St. Margarets r. station, 2½ miles SSE of Ware; was a borough at Domesday; and has a post-office under Ware, and a literary institute. The parish comprises 2,594 acres. Real property, £6,340. Pop. 980. Houses, 202. The manor belonged to Waltham abbey; and passed to the Baeshes and others. Stansteadbury is the seat of Capt. E. S. Trower. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £134. Patron, the Rev. J. W. Thomas. The church was built in 1578, and is good. There are an Independent chapel, a free grammar-school, a national school and six alms houses.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

Monumental inscriptions for Stanstead Abbotts and St. Margarets, Hertfordshire

Monumental inscriptions, Stanstead-Abbots, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900

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

England, Hertfordshire, Stanstead-Abbots – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stanstead-Abbots, 1800-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stanstead-Abbots (Hertfordshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Stanstead-St. Margaret (Hertfordshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1663-1947
Author: Stanstead-Abbots (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Stanstead Abbots, parish registers

Parish registers for Standstead-Abbots, 1813-1928
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stanstead-Abbots (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Stanstead-Abbots – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Stanstead Abbots or Stanstead, Herts., Eng

England, Hertfordshire, Stanstead-Abbots – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Stanstead Abbotts
Author: Hill, John

England, Hertfordshire, Stanstead-Abbots – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens’ accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1663-1947
Author: Stanstead-Abbots (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Stanstead-Abbots – Public records ( 1 )
Churchwardens’ accounts and miscellaneous parish records, 1663-1947
Author: Stanstead-Abbots (Hertfordshire)

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