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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'. | |
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| + | | 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. | |
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| − | == | + | '''County town:''' Hertford |
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| + | '''Other major towns:''' Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans | ||
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| + | '''[[Places_of_Worship:Hertfordshire | Hertfordshire Places of Worship]]''' | ||
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| + | '''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]''' | ||
| + | | [[Image: EnglandHertfordshire.jpeg|right|175px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]] | ||
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| + | ==Resources== | ||
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| + | '''Primary Reference''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/HALS/ '''Hertfordshire Record Office''' (HALS)] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/ Hertfordshire Libraries] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertsfhs.org.uk/ Hertfordshire Family History Society] | ||
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| + | *[http://graham.rootsweb.com/herts_exchange/ Hertfordshire Look-up Exchange] | ||
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| + | '''Countywide Interest''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertsdirect.org/ Hertfordshire Council] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/ Dacorum Heritage Trust] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/hertfordshire.htm Genealogy in Hertfordshire] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/ Genealogy in Hertfordshire] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Hertfordshire/visitations/index.html Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634] | ||
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| + | '''Specific Town and Village Interest''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.berkhamsted.info/localhistoryberkhamsted.htm Berkhamsted History] | ||
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| + | *'''Wiki Page [[Berkhamsted]]''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/ History of Bishop's Stortford and Thorley] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/ Borehamwood and Elstree Times] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.geocities.com/mellowsbrown/ Bovingdon Census Returns, 1841 & 1871] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.bovingdon.org/ Bovingdon] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.busheymuseum.org/ Bushey Museum & Art Gallery - incl. part-time Local Studies section] | ||
| + | *[http://www.caddhist.moonfruit.com/# Caddington Local History Group] | ||
| − | * | + | *[http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=5034 Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted & Tring Local History] |
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| − | + | *[http://www.hertford.net/index.asp Discover Hertford] | |
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| − | + | *[http://www.hunsdon.org.uk/ Hunsdon -includes some Parish Records] | |
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| − | + | *[http://www.kingslangley.org.uk/ Kings Langley, Its History and Local Architecture] | |
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| − | + | *[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] | |
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| − | + | *[http://www.ldfhg.org.uk/ Letchworth & District History Society] | |
| − | + | *[http://lgchronicle20.homestead.com/CONTENTS.html Leverstock Green History and Genealogy] | |
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| − | + | *[http://www.mundens.net/genealogy/ Little Munden, Great Munden and Sacombe Genealogy Pages] | |
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| − | + | *[http://www.hoggie.demon.co.uk/markyate/ Markyate Local History Society] | |
| − | + | *'''Wiki Page [[Northchurch]]''' | |
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| − | + | *[http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/ Pirton Local History Group] | |
| − | + | *[http://www.prestonherts.co.uk/ Preston in the Nineteenth Century] | |
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| − | + | *[http://www.puckeridgevillage.co.uk/Home Puckeridge Village History] | |
| − | + | *[http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/RedbournGenealogy Redbourn Genealogy Pages] | |
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| − | + | *[http://www.roystoncave.co.uk/ Royston Cave- A Knights Templar Legacy] | |
| − | + | *[http://www.roystonmuseum.org.uk/ Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery ] | |
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| − | + | *[http://www.wordoxers.com/hos/main.htm History of Stevenage] | |
| − | + | *[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martin.hagger1/Therfield/index.htm Therfield] | |
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| − | + | *[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] | |
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| − | + | *[http://www.welwyn.org.uk/burialsinsurnameorder.htm Burials in Welwyn Churchyard] | |
| − | + | *[http://www.wheathampstead.net/index.shtml Wheathampstead] | |
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| − | + | '''Maps and Photographs''' | |
| − | + | *[http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/herts-churches.htm Hertfordshire Churches] | |
| + | *[http://postcards.shibbs.co.uk/ 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: | |
| + | [http://www.hertsdirect.org/comdirectory/register/copycert/ Hertsdirect Herts Direct] | ||
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| − | + | Alternatively postal applications can be made to the following district offices: | |
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| − | + | '''Bishop Stortford Registration District''' | |
| − | + | Bishops Stortford Register Office<br> | |
| + | Riverside House<br> | ||
| + | 2 Hockerill Street<br> | ||
| + | Bishops Stortford<br> | ||
| + | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| + | CM23 2DL<br> | ||
| − | + | Tel 01279 652273 <br> | |
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| − | + | '''Broxbourne Registration District''' | |
| − | + | Broxbourne Register Office<br> | |
| + | Bishops College<br> | ||
| + | Churchgate<br> | ||
| + | Cheshunt<br> | ||
| + | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| + | EN8 9XH<br> | ||
| − | + | Tel 01992 623107 <br> | |
| − | ''' | + | '''Dacorum Registration District''' |
| + | Dacorum Register Office<br> | ||
| + | The Bury<br> | ||
| + | Queensway<br> | ||
| + | Hemel Hempstead<br> | ||
| + | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| + | HP1 1HR<br> | ||
| − | + | Tel 01442 228600<br> | |
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| − | + | '''Hatfield Registration District''' | |
| − | + | 19b St Albans Road East<br> | |
| + | Hatfield<br> | ||
| + | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| + | AL10 0NG<br> | ||
| − | + | Tel 01707 283921<br> | |
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| + | '''Hertford and Ware Registration District''' | ||
| − | + | Hertford Register Office<br> | |
| + | County Hall<br> | ||
| + | Pegs Lane<br> | ||
| + | Hertford<br> | ||
| + | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| + | SG13 8DE<br> | ||
| + | Tel: 01992 555590 / 01992 555591<br> | ||
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| − | + | '''St Albans Registration District''' | |
| − | + | St Albans Register Office<br> | |
| + | The Gatehouse<br> | ||
| + | 1 Victoria Square<br> | ||
| + | Victoria Street<br> | ||
| + | St Albans<br> | ||
| + | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| + | AL1 3TF<br> | ||
| − | + | Tel: 01727 774030<br> | |
| − | ''' | + | '''Stevenage,Hitchin and Royston District''' |
| + | Stevenage Register Office<br> | ||
| + | Danesgate<br> | ||
| + | Stevenage<br> | ||
| + | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| + | SG1 1WW<br> | ||
| − | + | Tel 01438 316579<br> | |
| − | ''' | + | '''Watford Registration District''' |
| + | Watford Register Office<br> | ||
| + | 36 Clarendon Road<br> | ||
| + | Watford<br> | ||
| + | Hertfordshire<br> | ||
| + | WD17 1JQ<br> | ||
| − | + | Tel 01923 231302<br> | |
| − | + | ==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests== | |
| + | 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. | |
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| + | '''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts''' | ||
| − | + | ==Cemetery Lookup Requests== | |
| + | Please read the [[Cemetery 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. | |
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| − | + | '''Cemetery Lookup Contacts''' | |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *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. | |
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Latest revision as of 09:34, 16 May 2023
| 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'. |
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| 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.
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Resources
Primary Reference
Countywide Interest
Specific Town and Village Interest
- Wiki Page Berkhamsted
- Wiki Page Northchurch
Maps and Photographs
Register Office
There are 8 district offices within Hertfordshire.
Online applications can be made to any office via the following link:
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.
Back to England
