Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire Genealogy

England   Hertfordshire  Hertfordshire Parishes

Parish History
WYMONDLEY, GREAT, a parish, in the union of Hitchin, hundred of Broadwater, county of Hertford, 2 miles (E. by S.) from Hitchin; containing 263 inhabitants. It comprises about 1400 acres. The soil is a strong clay, alternated with gravel and chalk, with a portion of rich deep loam; the surface is flat, and watered by a small rivulet called the Pirral. The manor is held by the service of cup-bearer to the kings of England, at their coronation. The living is a vicarage, with which that of Ippolitts was united in 1685; net income, £301; patrons and impropriators, the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. The tithes of Great and Little Wymondley were commuted for land and corn-rents in 1811. The church is ancient, having a Norman arch between the nave and chancel, with an embattled tower.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848)

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
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Census records
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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Hertfordshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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