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__
-[[Image:EnglandHertfordshire.jpeg|250px|thumb|Hertfordshire County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
-'''Hertfordshire'''
-County town: Hertford
+[[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.
-Other major towns: Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans
+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.
-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'.
+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.
-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.
+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.
-<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
-==Register Offices==
-*There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire,
+'''County town:''' Hertford
-* online applications can be made to any office via the following links
-'''Births'''
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/birthcert_orderform.cfm BIRTHS]
+'''Other major towns:''' Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans
-'''Marriages'''
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/marriagecert_orderform.cfm MARRIAGES]
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire Places of Worship]]'''
-'''Deaths'''
-*[https://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/registrars/deathcert_orderform.cfm DEATHS]
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandHertfordshire.jpeg|right|175px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
+==Resources==
-Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices
+'''Primary Reference'''
-'''Bishop Stortford Registration District'''
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/ '''Hertfordshire Record Office''' (HALS)]
-Bishops Stortford Register Office<br>
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/ Hertfordshire Libraries]
-Riverside House<br>
-Hockerill Street<br>
-Bishops Stortford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-CM23 2DL
-Tel 01279 652273
+*[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ Hertfordshire Family History Society]
-'''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
-Tel 01992 623107
+'''Countywide Interest'''
-'''Dacorum Registration District'''
+*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/ Hertfordshire Council]
-Dacorum Register Office<br>
+*[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/ Dacorum Heritage Trust]
-The Bury<br>
-Queensway<br>
-Hemel Hempstead<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-HP1 1HR
-Tel 01442 228600
+*[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm  Genealogy in Hertfordshire]
-'''Hatfield Registration District'''
+*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Genealogy in Hertfordshire]
-b St Albans Road East<br>
+*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634]
-Hatfield<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-AL10 0NG
-Tel 01707 283921
-'''Hertford and Ware Registration District'''
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-Hertford Register Office<br>
+*[http://www.berkhamsted.info/localhistoryberkhamsted.htm Berkhamsted History]
-County Hall<br>
-Pegs Lane<br>
-Hertford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-SG13 8DE
-Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591
+*'''Wiki Page [[Berkhamsted]]'''
-'''St Albans Registration District'''
+*[http://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/ History of Bishop's Stortford and Thorley]
+*[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times]
-St Albans Register Office<br>
+*[http://www.geocities.com/mellowsbrown/ Bovingdon Census Returns, 1841 & 1871]
-The Gatehouse<br>
-Victoria Square<br>
-Victoria Street<br>
-St Albans<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-AL1 3TF
-Tel: 01727 774030
+*[http://www.bovingdon.org/ Bovingdon]
-'''Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District'''
+*[http://www.busheymuseum.org/ Bushey Museum & Art Gallery - incl. part-time Local Studies section]
-Stevenage Register Office<br>
+*[http://www.caddhist.moonfruit.com/# Caddington Local History Group]
-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>
+*[http://www.hunsdon.org.uk/ Hunsdon -includes some Parish Records]
-Clarendon Road<br>
-Watford<br>
-Hertfordshire<br>
-WD17 1JQ
-Tel 01923 231302
+*[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]
+*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.ldfhg.org.uk/ Letchworth & District History Society]
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://lgchronicle20.homestead.com/CONTENTS.html Leverstock Green History and Genealogy]
+*[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society]
-'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
+*'''Wiki Page [[Northchurch]]'''
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
+*[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group]
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+*[http://www.prestonherts.co.uk/ Preston in the Nineteenth Century]
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
+*[http://www.puckeridgevillage.co.uk/Home Puckeridge Village History]
+*[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages]
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+*[http://www.roystoncave.co.uk/ Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy]
-*Berkhamsted [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=128 Jessbowbag]
+*[http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/ Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery ]
-*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.wordoxers.com/hos/main.htm History of Stevenage]
-==Photo Offers==
+*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martin.hagger1/Therfield/index.htm Therfield]
-Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
+*[http://www.btinternet.com/~friends.stjames/Archives.htm The Friends of St James the Great, Thorley]
+*[http://gerald-massey.org.uk/tring/index.htm This is Tring]
-*Hertfordshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
+*[http://www.welwyn.org.uk/burialsinsurnameorder.htm Burials in Welwyn Churchyard]
+*[http://www.wheathampstead.net/index.shtml Wheathampstead]
-==Links==
+'''Maps and Photographs'''
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/ '''Hertfordshire Record Office''' - Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS)]
+*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/herts-churches.htm Hertfordshire Churches]
-*[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/ GENUKI: Hertfordshire]
+*[http://postcards.shibbs.co.uk/ Old Postcards of Barnet]
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/ Hertfordshire Libraries]
+==Register Office==
-*[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ Hertfordshire Family History Society]
+There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire.
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/home.htm Hertfordshire Genealogy]
+Online applications can be made to any office via the following link:
-*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634]
+[http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/register/copycert/ Hertsdirect Herts Direct]
-'''Local History Society'''
+Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices:
+'''Bishop Stortford Registration District'''
-*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/herts.html Local History Society Gateway]
+Bishops Stortford Register Office<br>
+Riverside House<br>
+Hockerill Street<br>
+Bishops Stortford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+CM23 2DL<br>
-*[http://www.ldfhg.org.uk/ Letchworth & District History Society]
+Tel 01279 652273 <br>
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Genealogy in Hertfordshire]
-*[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society]
+'''Broxbourne Registration District'''
-*[http://www.genfair.com/shop/pages/hrt/index.html  GENfair - Hertfordshire Family History Society]
+Broxbourne Register Office<br>
+Bishops College<br>
+Churchgate<br>
+Cheshunt<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+EN8 9XH<br>
-*[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group]
+Tel 01992 623107 <br>
-'''OPC'''
+'''Dacorum Registration District'''
+Dacorum Register Office<br>
+The Bury<br>
+Queensway<br>
+Hemel Hempstead<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+HP1 1HR<br>
-*[http://graham.rootsweb.com/herts_exchange/ Hertfordshire Look-up Exchange]
+Tel 01442 228600<br>
+'''Hatfield Registration District'''
+b St Albans Road East<br>
+Hatfield<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+AL10 0NG<br>
-'''Archives'''
+Tel 01707 283921<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyHertford.htm#PageTitle IGI Hertfordshire]
+'''Hertford and Ware Registration District'''
-*[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/  The Dacorum Heritage Trust]
+Hertford Register Office<br>
+County Hall<br>
+Pegs Lane<br>
+Hertford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+SG13 8DE<br>
-*[http://www.joinermarriageindex.com/pjoiner/genuki/HRT/  Hertfordshire Genuki]
+Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591<br>
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyHertford.htm#W  IGI Batch Numbers for Hertfordshire]
+'''St Albans Registration District'''
-'''Family and Social History'''
+St Albans Register Office<br>
+The Gatehouse<br>
+Victoria Square<br>
+Victoria Street<br>
+St Albans<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+AL1 3TF<br>
+Tel: 01727 774030<br>
-*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/herts/hertfordshire_workhouses.htm  Hertfordshire Workhouses]
+'''Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District'''
-'''Maps & Photographs'''
+Stevenage Register Office<br>
+Danesgate<br>
+Stevenage<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+SG1 1WW<br>
+Tel 01438 316579<br>
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/herts-churches.htm Hertfordshire Chuches]
-*[http://postcards.shibbs.co.uk/ Old Postcards of Barnet]
+'''Watford Registration District'''
-'''Countywide Interest'''
+Watford Register Office<br>
+Clarendon Road<br>
+Watford<br>
+Hertfordshire<br>
+WD17 1JQ<br>
+Tel 01923 231302<br>
-*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/  Hertfordshire Council ]
-*[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm  Genealogy In Hertfordshire]
+==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/home.htm Genealogy In Hertfordshire]
+Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-'''Specific Town Village Interest'''
+'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=5034 Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History]
+==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-*[http://www.berkhamsted.info/localhistoryberkhamsted.htm Berkhamsted History]
+Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-*[http://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/ History of Bishop's Stortford and Thorley]
+By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
-*[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times]
-*[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/places/bovingdon.htm Bovingdon]
-*[http://www.hertfordtown.fsnet.co.uk/ Hertford War Memorial]
+'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
-*[http://www.kingslangley.org.uk/  Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture]
+*Watford [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=1273 Rumpole]
-*[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/MIs.html Knebworth and Stevenage Mounumental Inscriptions]
-*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
-*[http://lgchronicle20.homestead.com/CONTENTS.html Leverstock Green History and Genealogy]
-*[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.prestonherts.co.uk/ Preston in the Nineteenth Century]
-*[http://www.puckeridgevillage.co.uk/History-Articles Puckeridge Village History]
-*[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages]
-*[http://www.roystoncave.co.uk/ Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy]
-*[http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/ Royston Museum]
-*[http://www.stotfoldtowncouncil.gov.uk/history/burial/list.php Stotfold Burials]
-*[http://www.wheathampstead.net/index.shtml Wheathampstead]
+==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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