Flaunden, Hertfordshire Genealogy

England   Hertfordshire   Hertfordshire Parishes

Parish History
FLAUNDEN, a parish in Hemel-Hempstead district, Herts; on the river Chess, at the boundary with Bucks, 4 miles ENE of Amersham, and 5 NW of Rickmansworth r. station. It has a post office under Amersham. Acres, 899. Real property, 1, 225. Pop., 244. Houses, 49. The property is divided among a -few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £108. Patron, Lord Chesham. The church was, not long ago, rebuilt and enlarged; and is good. There is an Independent chapel.

From: Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Probate records
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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Web sites
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