Little Hormead, Hertfordshire

Historical Description

Hormead, Little, a village and a parish in Herts, on the river Quin, 3 miles ESE from Bnntingford station on the G.E.R. Post town and telegraph office, Buntingford; money order office, Hare Street. Acreage, 1066; population, 116. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans, united with that of Great Hormead; joint net value, £150. Patrons,. St John's College, Cambridge. The church is a plain but good brick edifice, and has a curious old door.

Administration

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

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 Little Hormead

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Little Hormead from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hormead, Little (St. Mary))

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hertfordshire is online.

Maps

Online maps of Little Hormead 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.