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.
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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].
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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