Barley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Margaret
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational
Adjacent Parishes
- Melbourn
- Barkway
- Little Chishill
- Chrishall
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BARLEY (St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Royston, hundred of Edwinstree, county of Hertford, 2¼ miles (N. E. by N.) from Barkway; containing 792 inhabitants. It contains by computation 2500 acres, and the road from Barkway to Cambridge runs through the village. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £26. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely: the tithes have been commuted for £581, and the glebe consists of 32 acres. A school is endowed with £10 per annum.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch Catalog
Monumental inscriptions, Barley, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900
Census returns for Barley, 1841-1891
Bishop’s transcripts for Barley, 1629-1640
Bishop’s transcripts for Barley, 1802-1849
England, Hertfordshire, Barley, parish registers
Marriages at Barley, 1566-1812
Parish chest materials, 1638-1914
Parish register transcripts, 1559-1812
Parish registers for Barley, 1559-1903
Computer printout of Barley, Herts., Eng
Two ears of Barley : chronicle of an English village
Militia lists, parish of Barley
Administration
- County: Hertfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Royston
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
- Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – London
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Braughing, Post-1844 – Buntingford
- Poor Law Union: Royston
- Hundred: Edwinstree
- Province: Canterbury