Bengeo, Hertfordshire
Historical Description
Bengeo, a village and a parish in the county of Hertford, on the river Rib, 2 miles W from Ware, and 1 mile N of Hertford, and partly within Hertford borough, with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Hertford. Acreage, 8031 of land and 23 of water; population of the civil parish, 2586; of the ecclesiastical (Christ Church), 1399, (Holy Trinity), 1466. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans; net value, £350 with residence. The churches are St Leonards, an ancient building of Early Norman date, lately restored and now used for occasional services; the Holy Trinity, erected in 1855; and St Michaels at Waterford. There is also a chapel of ease at Tonwell, and a Calvinistic chapel at Port Vale. The Hertford County Reformatory stands in this parish, which includes the hamlets of Waterford, Tonwell, and Chapmore End.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Hertfordshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Bengeo St. Leonard | |
Hundred | Hertford | |
Poor Law union | Hertford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Bengeo
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bengeo from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bengeo (St. Leonard))
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hertfordshire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Bengeo are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Hertfordshire newspapers online:
- Hertford Mercury and Reformer
- Herts Guardian, Agricultural Journal, and General Advertiser
- Watford Observer
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Hertfordshire, 1572 and 1634. Edited by Walter C. Metcalfe, F.S.A. is available on the Heraldry page.