Rushden, Hertfordshire Genealogy

England   Hertfordshire   Hertfordshire Parishes

Parish History
RUSHDEN (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Buntingford, hundred of Odsey, county of Hertford, 4¾ miles (W. N. W.) from Buntingford; containing 318 inhabitants. It comprises 1451a. 2r. 23p., of which 924 acres are arable, 399 meadow and pasture, and 127 woodland. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £8. 1. 10½.; net income, £141; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church contains a handsome monument to Sir Adolphus Meetkerke, removed in 1754 from the church of St. Botolph, Aldersgate; also a memorial to William Love, a servant in the Meetkerke family, who left £233. 6. 8. three per cents. for a Sunday school.

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

Civil Registration
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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
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Web sites
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