Widford Hertfordshire Family History Guide
Widford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813
Nonconformists include: Baptist and Independent/Congregational.
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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].
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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 – Bishop’s Stortford
- Poor Law Union: Ware
- Hundred: Braughing
- Province: Canterbury