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"CALDECOTT, a parish in the hundred of Odsey, in the county of Hertford, 3 miles to the N. of Baldock, which is its post town, and a station on the Hitchin and Cambridge branch of the Great Eastern railway. The parish, which contains only 318 acres, lies on the border of Bedfordshire. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester, value £75, in the patronage of C. C. Hale, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. Icknield Street passed a little to the S. of this place, and in 1724 some Roman urns were found here."

 

 

[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 - 1726-1970
  • Marriages - 1726-1974
  • Burials - 1726-1964
  • Bishop's Transcripts - 1605-1882

are deposited at Hertfordshire Record Office, County Hall, Hertford, SG13 8DE. [D/P28]

Entries from the Marriage Registers for the period 1726-1837 are included in The Allen Index at Hertfordshire Record Office.

The period 1609-1834 is covered by the IGI.

Transcripts of the parish registers for the period 1726-1970 are deposited at the Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, LONDON, EC1M 7BA.

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"CALDECOTT, a parish in the hundred of Odsey, in the county of Hertford, 3 miles to the N. of Baldock, which is its post town, and a station on the Hitchin and Cambridge branch of the Great Eastern railway. The parish, which contains only 318 acres, lies on the border of Bedfordshire. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester, value £75, in the patronage of C. C. Hale, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. Icknield Street passed a little to the S. of this place, and in 1724 some Roman urns were found here."

 

 

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