Bushey, Hertfordshire
Historical Description
Bushey, a village and a parish in Herts. The village stands½ of a mile E of the L. & N.W.R., near the river Colne, 1½ mile SE of Watford, has a station on the railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Watford, and was once a market-town. The parish includes also Bushey Heath, which likewise has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Watford, and is 3 miles from that -town. Acreage, 3218; population of the civil parish, 5652; of the ecclesiastical parish of Bushey, 19 54, and of Bushey Heath, 1608. The living is a rectory; net value, £490 with residence. The church is a structure of brick faced with flint and Bath stone, rebuilt in 1871. It has several interesting memorials and monuments. St Peters, Bushey-Heath, formerly a chapel of ease, had a district assigned in 1889. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value, £235. The church, an edifice of brick, was erected in 1838. Both livings are in the gift of a private patron, and in the diocese of St Albans. There are also Baptist, Roman Catholic, Congregational, and Primitive Methodist chapels. Bushey Hall, a splendid mansion of red brick, originally built at a cost of £150,000, was in 1882 converted into a hydro-therapeutic establishment. The high grounds of Bushey Heath command an extensive and beautiful view of the valley of the Thames. There are ten well-endowed almshouses, and some small charities. Bushey-Grove, Bushey-Mill, and Caldicot Hill are small adjacent hamlets.
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 | Bushey St. James | |
Hundred | Dacorum | |
Liberty | St. Albans | |
Poor Law union | Watford |
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 Bushey
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bushey from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bushey (St. James))
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hertfordshire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Bushey 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.