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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.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyHertfordshire 
Ecclesiastical parishBengeo St. Leonard 
HundredHertford 
Poor Law unionHertford 

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:


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:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Hertfordshire newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Hertfordshire, 1572 and 1634. Edited by Walter C. Metcalfe, F.S.A. is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictEast Hertfordshire
CountyHertfordshire
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtSG14
Post TownHertford

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