Hatfield Herefordshire Family History Guide

Hatfield is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Herefordshire, created in 1742 from a chapelry in Leominster Ancient Parish.

Parish church: St. Leonard

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1777
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HATFIELD, a parish in Leominster district, Hereford; near the boundary with Worcester, and near the Leoniinster and Bromyard railway, 6½ miles E of Leominster. Post town, Leominster. Acres, 1,528. Real property, £1,552. Pop., 180. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. Hatfield Court is a chief residence. Part of the land is under hops. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £90. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch – Birth Marriage & Death Census Migration & Naturalization Military Probate & Court

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Hatfield, 1660-1877

Parish registers for Hatfield, 1615-1956

Church Records – Indexes

Computer printout of Hatfield, Herefs., Eng

Census

Census returns for Hatfield, 1841-1891

Taxation

Land tax assessments for the parish of Hatfield, 1777-1830

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Herefordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Leominster
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Leominster
  • Poor Law Union: Leominster
  • Hundred: Wolphy
  • Province: Canterbury