Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire

Historical Description

Hertingfordbury, a village and a parish in Hertfordshire. The village stands between the rivers Maran and Lea, adjacent to the Hertford and Hatfield branch of the G.N.R., 2 miles WSW of Hertford, and has a station on the railway, and a post and money order office under Hertford; telegraph office, Hertford. The parish contains also the hamlets of East End, Stains Green, Cole Green, Birch Green, and Letty Green. Acreage, 2645, of which 20 are water; population, 797. The manor was given at the Conquest to Philip de Valoines; passed to the Duchy of Lancaster, and, with Panshanger House, belongs now to Earl Cowper. Panshanger House is a stately castellated mansion of grey stone erected in 1801 and subsequent years by Peter, fifth Earl Cowper. It contains an extremely valuable collection of paintings, and stands in a well-wooded park of 500 acres. An oak, nearly 20 feet in girth at 10 feet from the ground, is in Panshanger park. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Letty Green, in the diocese of St Albans; net yearly value, £340. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church is an ancient building of brick and rubble, dating apparently from the early part of the 15th century, consists of nave, N aisle, S porch, and chancel, with tower and spire, and contains some beautiful monuments of the Cowpers and others. There are a chapel of ease at Letty Green, and charities worth about £116 a year.

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 Hertingfordbury

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 Hertingfordbury from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hertingfordbury (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 Hertingfordbury 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.