Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire Genealogy

England Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Parishes

Parish History
Great Berkhampstead or Berkhampstead, Great (St. Peter), is a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Dacorum, county of Hertford, it is 25 1/2 miles (W. by S.) from Hertford, and 26 miles (N.W. by W.) from London. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, and Independents.

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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

1524/5 Subsidy

 * 1524/5 Lay Subsidy (E179/120/122 roll 1) has been microfilmed:.

1626 Subsidy

 * 1626 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/329 membrane 1 dorse) has been microfilmed:.

1628 Subsidies

 * 1628 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/331 roll 3 dorse) has been microfilmed:.


 * 1628 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/333 roll 2) has been microfilmed:.


 * 1628 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/336 roll 2 dorse) has been microfilmed:.

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain