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
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BARLEY, a parish in Royston district, Herts; on the NE verge of the county, 3 miles SE of Royston r. station. It has a post-office under Royston. Acres, 2,648. Real property, £4,222. Pop., 809. Houses, 171. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £501. Patron, the Crown. The church is ancient. There are a recent Calvinist chapel, and charities £36.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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
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