Welwyn is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
Other places in the parish include: Woolmer Green.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include: Countess of Huntingdon Methodist, Independent/Congregational, and Strict Baptist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WELWYN, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Hatfield district, Herts.
The village stands on the river Maran, 1¼ mile W of the Great Northern railway, and 5 N of Hatfield; carries on shoe-making and wool-stapling; consists chiefly of two well built streets; and has a head post-office, a r. station with telegraph, two hotels, a police station, a good ancient church, two dissenting chapels, a large national school, an education charity, a workhouse, and charities for the poor £26.
The parish includes Woolmer-Green hamlet, and comprises 2,987 acres. Real property, £7,044. Pop., 1,612. Houses, 320. The property is much subdivided. Danesbury and Frythe are chief residences.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £665. Patron, All Souls College, Oxford. Dr. Young was rector, and wrote here his “Night Thoughts.”
A national school is at Woolmer-Green, and is used as a chapel of ease.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn – Buildings, dwellings, etc. ( 1 )
Humphry Repton’s red books for Panshanger and Tewin Water, Hertfordshire : 1799-1800
Author: Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818; Hertfordshire Record Society; Way, Twigs
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Welwyn, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Welwyn, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn – Church history ( 1 )
A branch of the vine : the story of Howlands Baptist Church, the Commons, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 1964 to 1989
Author: Warne, Joan
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn – Church records ( 5 )
Births and baptisms, 1793-1837
Author: Bethel Chapel (Welwyn, Hertfordshire : Independent)
Bishop’s transcripts for Welwyn, 1604-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Welwyn (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn, parish registers
Parish register extracts and monumental inscriptions, 1561-1654
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Welwyn (Hertfordshire)
Parish registers for Welwyn, 1558-1939
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Welwyn (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Welwyn, Bethel Independent, Herts., Eng
Computer printout of Welwyn, Herts., Eng
Parish register printouts of Welwyn, Hertford, England (Independent, Bethel Chapel) ; christenings, 1793-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn – History ( 3 )
The Book of Welwyn : the story of the five villages and the Garden City
Author: Busby, Richard J.
A history of Welwyn Garden City
Author: Filler, Roger, 1950-
Humphry Repton’s red books for Panshanger and Tewin Water, Hertfordshire : 1799-1800
Author: Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818; Hertfordshire Record Society; Way, Twigs
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn – Manors ( 1 )
Humphry Repton’s red books for Panshanger and Tewin Water, Hertfordshire : 1799-1800
Author: Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818; Hertfordshire Record Society; Way, Twigs
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Welwyn
Author: Hill, John
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Vestry minutes and miscellaneous parish records, 1658-1903
Author: Welwyn (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Welwyn – Public records ( 1 )
Vestry minutes and miscellaneous parish records, 1658-1903
Author: Welwyn (Hertfordshire)
Administration
- County: Hertfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Hatfield
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
- Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Hertford, Post-1844 – Welwyn
- Poor Law Union: Welwyn
- Hundred: Broadwater
- Province: Canterbury