Hertfordshire

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'.

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. County town: Hertford Other major towns: Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans Hertfordshire Places of Worship Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

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

Bovingdon

• History of Bishop's Stortford and Thorley

• Borehamwood and Elstree Times

• Bovingdon Census Returns, 1841 & 1871

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

• Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History

• 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

• Pirton Local History Group

• Preston in the Nineteenth Century

• Puckeridge Village History

• Redbourn Genealogy Pages

• Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy

• Royston Museum

• Stotfold Burials

• Therfield New

• Wheathampstead

Maps and Photographs

• Hertfordshire Chuches

• Old Postcards of Barnet

Books of local interest

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 Lookup Requests

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Record Office Lookup Contacts

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

• Berkhamsted Jessbowbag
• Baldock Lindy Tumblethump
• Bushey Parish Church Christine in Herts
• Hitchin and surrounding villages Lindy Tumblethump
• Northchurch Jessbowbag
• North Hertfordshire Letchworth Lindy Tumblethump
• Watford Rumpole
• Hertford cemeteries for anyone searching - it would help if it is known whether it is a church or the town cemetery Christine (the studier!)

Photo Offers

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

• Hertfordshire Meridian Line

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