Difference between revisions of "Hertfordshire"

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Parts of Hertfordshire hide in the beautiful Chiltern Hills, which run through part of the west of the county into Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.

In the east the new towns of Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth Garden City and Watford are highly industrialised whilst in the west of the county, there are many smaller towns and villages which are agricultural in their nature.

Residents of the smaller west Hertfordshire towns and villages are known locally as 'Hedgehogs'.

Resources

Primary Reference

Hertfordshire Record Office (HALS)

Hertfordshire Libraries

Hertfordshire Family History Society

Hertfordshire Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

Hertfordshire Council

Dacorum Heritage Trust

Genealogy in Hertfordshire

Genealogy in Hertfordshire

Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634

Specific Town and Village Interest

Berkhamsted History

Wiki Page Berkhamsted

History of Bishop's Stortford and Thorley

Borehamwood and Elstree Times

Bovingdon Census Returns, 1841 & 1871

Bovingdon

Bushey Museum & Art Gallery - incl. part-time Local Studies section

Caddington Local History Group

Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History

Discover Hertford

Hunsdon -includes some Parish Records

Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture

Knebworth and Stevenage Mounumental Inscriptions

Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer

Letchworth & District History Society

Leverstock Green History and Genealogy

Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages

Markyate Local History Society

Wiki Page Northchurch

Pirton Local History Group

Preston in the Nineteenth Century

Puckeridge Village History

Redbourn Genealogy Pages

Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy

Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery

History of Stevenage

Therfield

The Friends of St James the Great, Thorley

This is Tring

Burials in Welwyn Churchyard

Wheathampstead

Maps and Photographs

Hertfordshire Churches

Old Postcards of Barnet

Register Office

There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire.

Online applications can be made to any office via the following link:

Hertsdirect Herts Direct

Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices:

Bishop Stortford Registration District

Bishops Stortford Register Office
Riverside House
2 Hockerill Street
Bishops Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 2DL

Tel 01279 652273

Broxbourne Registration District

Broxbourne Register Office
Bishops College
Churchgate
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN8 9XH

Tel 01992 623107

Dacorum Registration District

Dacorum Register Office
The Bury
Queensway
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP1 1HR

Tel 01442 228600

Hatfield Registration District

19b St Albans Road East
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 0NG

Tel 01707 283921

Hertford and Ware Registration District

Hertford Register Office
County Hall
Pegs Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8DE

Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591

St Albans Registration District

St Albans Register Office
The Gatehouse
1 Victoria Square
Victoria Street
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 3TF

Tel: 01727 774030

Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District

Stevenage Register Office
Danesgate
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 1WW

Tel 01438 316579

Watford Registration District

Watford Register Office
36 Clarendon Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 1JQ

Tel 01923 231302

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.

Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.

Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Watford Rumpole

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.

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-<div align="right">[[Image:herts.jpg|250px|thumb|Ashridge Monument, erected in 1832 to the Duke of Bridgewater submitted by Jess]]</div>
+[[Category:Adopted Pages]]
-__TOC__
-'''Hertfordshire'''
+[[Category:Region 5 ~ Eastern England]]
+{| width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"
+|-valign="top"
+|Parts of Hertfordshire hide in the beautiful Chiltern Hills, which run through part of the west of the county into Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
-County town: Hertford
+In the east the new towns of Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth Garden City and Watford are highly industrialised whilst in the west of the county, there are many smaller towns and villages which are agricultural in their nature.
-Other major towns: Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans
+Residents of the smaller west Hertfordshire towns and villages are known locally as 'Hedgehogs'.
+| style="width:250px" align="right"| __TOC__
+|-valign="top"
+| Being close to London, the county has some of the finest examples of traditional English country homes within its borders.
-Parts of Hertfordshire hide in the beautiful Chiltern Hills, which run through part of the west of the county into Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. In the east the new towns of Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth Garden City and Watford are highly industrialised whilst in the west of the county, there are many smaller towns and villages which are agricultural in their nature. Residents of the smaller west Hertfordshire towns and villages are known locally as 'Hedgehogs'.
+Hatfield House, Knebworth House and Brocket Hall all date back centuries whilst in the market town of Berkhamsted a Norman castle still stands.
-Being close to London, the county has some of the finest examples of traditional English country homes within its borders. Hatfield House, Knebworth House and Brocket Hall all date back centuries whilst in the market town of Berkhamsted a Norman castle still stands.
+Graeme Green was both born and educated in Berkhamsted.
-Graeme Green was both born and educated in Berkhamsted.
-==Register Offices==
+'''County town:''' Hertford
+'''Other major towns:''' Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire Places of Worship]]'''
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandHertfordshire.jpeg|right|175px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
+'''Primary Reference'''
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/ '''Hertfordshire Record Office''' (HALS)]
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/ Hertfordshire Libraries]
-*There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire,
+*[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ Hertfordshire Family History Society]
-* online applications can be made to any office via the following links
-=====Births=====
+*[http://graham.rootsweb.com/herts_exchange/ Hertfordshire Look-up Exchange]
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/birthcert_orderform.cfm BIRTHS]
-=====Marriages=====
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/marriagecert_orderform.cfm MARRIAGES]
-=====Deaths=====
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/deathcert_orderform.cfm DEATHS]
-Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/ Hertfordshire Council]
-=====Bishop Stortford Registration District=====
+*[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/ Dacorum Heritage Trust]
-Bishops Stortford Register Office<br>
-Riverside House<br>
-Hockerill Street<br>
-Bishops Stortford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-CM23 2DL
-Tel 01279 652273
+*[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm  Genealogy in Hertfordshire]
-=====Broxbourne Registration District=====
+*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Genealogy in Hertfordshire]
-Broxbourne Register Office<br>
-Bishops College<br>
-Churchgate<br>
-Cheshunt<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-EN8 9XH
-Tel 01992 623107
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634]
-=====Dacorum Registration District=====
-Dacorum Register Office<br>
-The Bury<br>
-Queensway<br>
-Hemel Hempstead<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-HP1 1HR
-Tel 01442 228600
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-=====Hatfield Registration District=====
+*[http://www.berkhamsted.info/localhistoryberkhamsted.htm Berkhamsted History]
-b St Albans Road East<br>
-Hatfield<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-AL10 0NG
-Tel 01707 283921
+*'''Wiki Page [[Berkhamsted]]'''
-=====Hertford and Ware Registration District=====
+*[http://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/ History of Bishop's Stortford and Thorley]
-Hertford Register Office<br>
-County Hall<br>
+*[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times]
-Pegs Lane<br>
-Hertford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-SG13 8DE
-Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591
+*[http://www.geocities.com/mellowsbrown/ Bovingdon Census Returns, 1841 & 1871]
-=====St Albans Registration District=====
+*[http://www.bovingdon.org/ Bovingdon]
-St Albans Register Office<br>
-The Gatehouse<br>
-Victoria Square<br>
-Victoria Street<br>
-St Albans<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-AL1 3TF
-Tel: 01727 774030
+*[http://www.busheymuseum.org/ Bushey Museum & Art Gallery - incl. part-time Local Studies section]
-=====Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District=====
+*[http://www.caddhist.moonfruit.com/# Caddington Local History Group]
-Stevenage Register Office<br>
-Danesgate<br>
-Stevenage<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-SG1 1WW
-Tel 01438 316579
+*[http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=5034 Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History]
-=====Watford Registration District=====
+*[http://www.hertford.net/index.asp Discover Hertford]
-Watford Register Office<br>
-Clarendon Road<br>
-Watford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-WD17 1JQ
-Tel 01923 231302
+*[http://www.hunsdon.org.uk/ Hunsdon -includes some Parish Records]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.kingslangley.org.uk/  Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/MIs.html Knebworth and Stevenage Mounumental Inscriptions]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.ldfhg.org.uk/ Letchworth & District History Society]
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://lgchronicle20.homestead.com/CONTENTS.html Leverstock Green History and Genealogy]
+*[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*'''Wiki Page [[Northchurch]]'''
+*[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.prestonherts.co.uk/ Preston in the Nineteenth Century]
-*Berkhamsted [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=128 Jessbowbag]
+*[http://www.puckeridgevillage.co.uk/Home Puckeridge Village History]
-*Baldock [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=219 Lindy Tumblethump]
-*Bushey Parish Church [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=153 Christine in Herts]
-*Hitchin and surrounding villages [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=219 Lindy Tumblethump]
-*Northchurch [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=128 Jessbowbag]
-*North Hertfordshire Letchworth [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=219 Lindy Tumblethump]
-*Watford [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1273 Rumpole]
-*Hertford cemeteries for anyone searching - it would help if it is known whether it is a church or the town cemetery [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=443 Christine (the studier!)]
+*[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages]
-==Photo Offers==
+*[http://www.roystoncave.co.uk/ Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy]
-Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
+*[http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/ Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery ]
+*[http://www.wordoxers.com/hos/main.htm History of Stevenage]
-==Links==
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martin.hagger1/Therfield/index.htm Therfield]
+*[http://www.btinternet.com/~friends.stjames/Archives.htm The Friends of St James the Great, Thorley]
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/ '''Hertfordshire Record Office''' - Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS)]
+*[http://gerald-massey.org.uk/tring/index.htm This is Tring]
-*[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/ GENUKI: Hertfordshire]
+*[http://www.welwyn.org.uk/burialsinsurnameorder.htm Burials in Welwyn Churchyard]
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/ Hertfordshire Libraries]
+*[http://www.wheathampstead.net/index.shtml Wheathampstead]
-*[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ Hertfordshire Family History Society]
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/home.htm Hertfordshire Genealogy]
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634]
+*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/herts-churches.htm Hertfordshire Churches]
+*[http://postcards.shibbs.co.uk/ Old Postcards of Barnet]
-'''Local History Society'''
+==Register Office==
+There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire.
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/herts.html Local History Society Gateway]
+Online applications can be made to any office via the following link:
-*[http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/LDFHG/index.html Letchworth & District FHS]
+[http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/register/copycert/ Hertsdirect Herts Direct]
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Local Family History Site]
-*[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society]
+Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices:
-*[http://www.genfair.com/shop/pages/hrt/index.html  GENfair - Hertfordshire Family History Society]
+'''Bishop Stortford Registration District'''
-*[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group]
+Bishops Stortford Register Office<br>
+Riverside House<br>
+Hockerill Street<br>
+Bishops Stortford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+CM23 2DL<br>
+Tel 01279 652273 <br>
-'''OPC'''
+'''Broxbourne Registration District'''
-*[http://graham.rootsweb.com/herts_exchange/ Hertfordshire Look-up Exchange]
+Broxbourne Register Office<br>
+Bishops College<br>
+Churchgate<br>
+Cheshunt<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+EN8 9XH<br>
+Tel 01992 623107 <br>
+'''Dacorum Registration District'''
-'''Archives'''
+Dacorum Register Office<br>
+The Bury<br>
+Queensway<br>
+Hemel Hempstead<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+HP1 1HR<br>
+Tel 01442 228600<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyHertford.htm#PageTitle IGI Hertfordshire]
-*[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/  The Dacorum Heritage Trust]
+'''Hatfield Registration District'''
-*[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/  Hertfordshire Genuki]
+b St Albans Road East<br>
+Hatfield<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+AL10 0NG<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyHertford.htm#W  IGI Batch Numbers for Hertfordshire]
+Tel 01707 283921<br>
-'''Family and Social History'''
+'''Hertford and Ware Registration District'''
+Hertford Register Office<br>
+County Hall<br>
+Pegs Lane<br>
+Hertford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+SG13 8DE<br>
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/herts/hertfordshire_workhouses.htm  Hertfordshire Workhouses]
+Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591<br>
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+'''St Albans Registration District'''
+St Albans Register Office<br>
+The Gatehouse<br>
+Victoria Square<br>
+Victoria Street<br>
+St Albans<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+AL1 3TF<br>
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/herts-churches.htm Hertfordshire Chuches]
+Tel: 01727 774030<br>
-'''Countywide Interest'''
+'''Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District'''
+Stevenage Register Office<br>
+Danesgate<br>
+Stevenage<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+SG1 1WW<br>
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/  Hertfordshire Council ]
+Tel 01438 316579<br>
-*[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm  Genealogy In Hertfordshire]
+'''Watford Registration District'''
-'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
+Watford Register Office<br>
+Clarendon Road<br>
+Watford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+WD17 1JQ<br>
+Tel 01923 231302<br>
-*[http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=5034 Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History]
-*[http://www.berkhamsted.info/localhistoryberkhamsted.htm Berkhamsted History]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times]
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.hertfordtown.fsnet.co.uk/ Hertford War Memorial]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.kingslangley.org.uk/  Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture]
-*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/MIs.html Knebworth and Stevenage Mounumental Inscriptions]
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://lgchronicle20.homestead.com/CONTENTS.html Leverstock Green History and Genealogy]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.roystoncave.co.uk/ Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy]
-*[http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/ Royston Museum]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.stotfoldtowncouncil.gov.uk/history/burial/list.php Stotfold Burials]
+*Watford [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1273 Rumpole]
+==Photo Offers==
+Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
+<br><br>
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+Back to [[England]]