Caldecott, Hertfordshire

Historical Description

Caldecott, a parish in Herts, on the verge of the county, near Icknield Street, 3½ miles N by W of Baldock station on the G.N.R. Post town and telegraph office, Baldock; money order office, Stotfield. Acreage, 326; population, 31. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans; net yearly value, £69. The church is a small but ancient structure in the Perpendicular style.

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.

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 Caldecott from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

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.