Shenley, Hertfordshire Genealogy

England Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Parishes

Parish History
Shenley, is a parish with a village and three hamlets, in the district of Barnet and county of Hertford; it is 4 1/2 miles W of Potters-Bar railway station, and 5 miles NW of Barnet.There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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:

1524/5 Subsidy

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

1626 Subsidy

 * 1626 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/329 membrane 2) has been microfilmed:.

1628 Subsidies

 * 1628 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/331 roll 2 dorse) has been microfilmed:.


 * 1628 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/333 roll 3 dorse) has been microfilmed:.


 * 1628 Lay Subsidy (E179/121/336 roll 1) 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

Web sites
Shenley on GENUKI