Marsworth, Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire Family History Guide
Marsworth is an Ancient Parish mostly in Buckinghamshire and partly in Hertfordshire.
Alternative names: Masworth
Other places in the parish include: Asthorpe, Long Marstone and Ashthorpe, Long Marston, and Astrope.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1720 (BT's 1575)
Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist
Parishes adjacent to Marsworth
- Cheddington
- Pitstone
- Tring, Hertfordshire
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MARSWORTH, or MASWCRTH, a village and a parish in the district of Berkhampstead and county of Buckingham. The village stands adjacent to the Grand Junction canal, near the Northwestern railway, 1½ mile NNE of Icknield-street, 2¾ S of Cheddington-Jnnction r. station, and 2¾ N of Tring; and has a post office under Tring. The parish includes also parts of Long Marston and Asthorpe hamlets, and comprises 880 acres. IReal property, £2,393. Pop. in 1851, 479; in 1861, 549. Houses, 106. The property is divided among a few. Urns, ancient coins, and other relics of antiquity have been found. A large reservoir of the Grand Junction canal is here, and is a resort of anglers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £200. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is later English, in good condition; consists of nave and chancel, with a tower; and contains some ancient monuments of the West family. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £4.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard's Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Marsworth, 1 mile S, Ivinghoe. P. 484
Source: Leonard's Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Marriages
Marriages at Masworth 1591-1812 - UK Genealogy Archives
Buckinghamshire Marriages Masworth 1591-1812 - archive.org
Parish Records
Buckinghamshire Archives & Family History Groups
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire Trade Directories
Records for England
Births and Baptism Records
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Marriage Records
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Death Records
England Death Records, 1998-2015
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660
Non-Conformist Records
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Census
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales Census, 1911
Occupations
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
War and Conflict
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Administration
- County: Buckinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Berkhampstead
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
- Diocese: Pre-1845 - Lincoln, Post-1844 - Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Post-1844 - Mursley, Pre-1845 - None
- Poor Law Union: Berkhampstead
- Hundred: Cottesloe
- Province: Canterbury