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

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

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].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hertfordshire, Westmill – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Westmill, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900

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

England, Hertfordshire, Westmill – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Westmill, 1604-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Westmill (Hertford)

England, Hertfordshire, Westmill, parish registers

Parish registers for Westmill, 1562-1947
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Westmill (Hertford)

Transcript of parish registers for Westmill
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Westmill (Hertford)

England, Hertfordshire, Westmill – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Westmill, Herts., Eng

Parish register printouts of Westmill, Hertford, England ; christenings, 1836-1861
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Hertfordshire, Westmill – History ( 1 )
Westmill, the story of a Hertfordshire parish
Author: Ewing, Guy

England, Hertfordshire, Westmill – Land and property ( 1 )
Tithe books, 1608-1841
Author: Westmill (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Westmill – Military records ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Westmill including Wakeley hamlet
Author: Parker, Jack; Hill, John; Hill, Christine; Ashwell Field Studies Centre (England)

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