Westmill Hertfordshire Family History Guide
Westmill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1562
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WESTMILL, a parish, with a village, in Royston district, Herts; on the Buntingford railway, 1½ mile S by E of Buntingford. It has a post-office under Buntingford, and a r. station. Acres, 2,137. Real property, £3,190. Pop., 353. Houses, 76. Coles Park and Knights Hill are chief residences. Two Roman cups were found in 1728. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £474. Patron, the Countess of Mexborough. The church is plain but good; and has a tower and spire. There is an endowed school with £29 a year.
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: Royston
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
- Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Baldock, Post-1844 – Bennington
- Poor Law Union: Buntingford
- Hundred: Braughing
- Province: Canterbury