Ashwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1686
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include: Independent, Baptist, Wesleyan, and Quaker
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ASHWELL, a village and a parish in Royston district, Herts. The village stands at the source of the river Rhee, an affluent of the Cam, 2 miles N of a station of its own name on the Hitchen and Cambridge railway, and 4½ NNE of Baldock. It is thought to have been of Roman origin; it bore anciently the name of Escewell; and it was a seat of the Saxon kings, a borough, and a market-town. It now consists of several scattered streets; and has a post office under Baldock.
The parish comprises 3,852 acres. Real property, £7,509. Pop., 1,507. Houses, 293. The manor was given, before the time of Edward the Confessor, to Westminster Abbey; and passed, at the dissolution, to the see of London. The Roman road, Icknield-street, passes ½ a mile S of the village; and the Roman camp of Arbury occurs there, covers an area of 12 acres, and has yielded Roman coins, and other Roman relics. A small dell adjacent to the village leads up to a steep rocky bank, from the foot of which a number of springs gush out to form the river Rhee. Building-stone is quarried.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £513. Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church is ancient and good: consists of nave, aisle, and chancel; has a tower at the W end, surmounted by a spire 175 feet high; and contains several old slabs, formerly inlaid with brasses. There are Independent, Baptist, Wesleyan, and Quaker chapels, an endowed school with £17 a year, and other charities with £55. Cudworth was vicar till his death in 1688.
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
Ashwell, 4 miles N.N.E. Baldock. P. 1235.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Abstracts of transcripts of Ashwell, Co. Herts., 1609-1720
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
Monumental inscriptions for Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Monumental inscriptions, Ashwell, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ashwell, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Church records ( 9 )
Ashwell parish registers
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
Births, baptisms and burials, 1797-1837
Author: High Street Chapel (Ashwell, Hertfordshire : Independent)
Bishop’s transcripts for Ashwell, 1604-1883
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
Church rate assessment and miscellaneous parish records, 1562-1895
Author: Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell, parish registers
Parish chest materials, 1562-1915
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1604-1837 : transcribed from the originals in the Hertfordshire Record Office
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwell (Hertfordshire); Field Studies Centre (Ashwell)
Parish registers for Ashwell, 1562-1975
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
Tudor churchwardens’ accounts
Author: Palmer, Anthony
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Ashwell, High Street Independent, Herts., Eng
Parish printout of Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England
Parish register printouts of Ashwell, Hertford, England (Independent, High Street) ; christenings, 1797-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Emigration and immigration ( 1 )
Church rate assessment and miscellaneous parish records, 1562-1895
Author: Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – History ( 1 )
A different world : Ashwell before 1939
Author: Sheldrick, Albert
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Land and property ( 1 )
Parish chest materials, 1562-1915
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls and papers, 1290-1646
Author: Manor of Ashwell. Court (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Military records ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Ashwell, 1758-1786
Author: Hill, Christine; Hill, John; Ashwell Field Studies Centre (England)
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest materials, 1562-1915
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Church rate assessment and miscellaneous parish records, 1562-1895
Author: Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
Parish chest materials, 1562-1915
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Public records ( 1 )
Church rate assessment and miscellaneous parish records, 1562-1895
Author: Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Ashwell – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish chest materials, 1562-1915
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwell (Hertfordshire)
Hertfordshire Historical Directories
Administration
- County: Hertfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Royston
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
- Diocese:
- Post-1844 – Rochester
- Pre-1845 – Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Baldock
- Poor Law Union: Royston
- Hundred: Odsey
- Province: Canterbury
