Widford Hertfordshire Family History Guide

Widford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WIDFORD, a parish, with a village, in Ware district, Herts; near the Buntingford railway, 4 miles E by N of Ware. It has a post-office under Ware, and a r. station. Acres, 1,137. Real property, £2,509. Pop., 456. Houses, 111. The property is much subdivided. There are two barrows. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £290. Patron, W. P. Hamond, Esq. A new church was built in 1862. Charities, £28.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hertfordshire, Widford – Cemeteries ( 2 )
[British war graves – Hertfordshire]
Author: Gillon, Geoffrey R.

Monumental inscriptions, Widford, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900

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

England, Hertfordshire, Widford – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Widford, 1813-1870
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Widford (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Widford, parish registers

Parish registers, 1558-1901, and vestry minutes, 1851-1950
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Widford (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Widford – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Widford, Herts., Eng

England, Hertfordshire, Widford – History ( 1 )
Portrait of Widford : a pictorial history of a typical small village in Hertfordshire, 1880-1990
Author: Smith, Bunty

England, Hertfordshire, Widford – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Widford
Author: Hill, John

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 – Bishop’s Stortford
  • Poor Law Union: Ware
  • Hundred: Braughing
  • Province: Canterbury