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"BYGRAVE, a parish in the hundred of Odsey, in the county of Hertford, 2 miles to the N.E. of Baldock, its post town, which is a station on the Hitchin and Cambridge branch of the Great Eastern railway. The ancient Icknield Street passes near this village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester, value £377, in the patronage of the Marquis of Salisbury."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2020

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Church Records

The Parish Registers for the periods:-

  • Baptisms - 1802-1980
  • Marriages - 1765-1935
  • Burials - 1805-1980
  • Bishop's Transcripts - 1615-1869

are deposited at Hertfordshire Record Office, County Hall, Hertford, SG13 8DE. [D/P27]

N.B. The earlier registers were destroyed by fire.

Entries from the Marriage Registers for the period 1765-1837 are included in The Allen Index at Hertfordshire Record Office.

The period 1765-1834 is covered by the IGI.

Transcripts of the parish registers for the period 1614-1834 are deposited at the Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, LONDON, EC1M 7BA.

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"BYGRAVE, a parish in the hundred of Odsey, in the county of Hertford, 2 miles to the N.E. of Baldock, its post town, which is a station on the Hitchin and Cambridge branch of the Great Eastern railway. The ancient Icknield Street passes near this village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester, value £377, in the patronage of the Marquis of Salisbury."

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL260362 (Lat/Lon: 52.009938, -0.1656), Bygrave which are provided by: