Bengeo is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Leonard
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1539
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Roman Catholic.
Adjacent Parishes
- Bramfield
- Hertford St Andrew with St Nicholas and St Mary
- Sacombe
- Thundridge
- Hertford All Saints with St John
- Ware
- Stapleford
- High Cross
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BENGEO (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union, hundred, and county of Hertford, 1 mile (N. N. E.) from Hertford; containing 1141 inhabitants. The parish comprises 3039 acres, of which 26 are common or waste. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7. 8. 6½., and in the gift of the family of Byde, in whom also the impropriation is vested: the great tithes have been commuted for £450, and those of the incumbent for £170; £28 are payable in addition to the rector of St. Alban’s.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Bishop’s transcripts for Holy Trinity Church, Bengeo, 1604-1850 Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Bengeo, Hertfordshire); Society of Friends (Bengeo, Hertfordshire)
Monumental inscriptions, Bengeo Rural, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900
Parish registers and miscellaneous public records, 1539-1895 Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Bengeo, Hertfordshire); Society of Friends (Bengeo, Hertfordshire)
Census returns for Bengeo, 1841-1891
Abstracts of transcripts of Bengeo, Co. Herts., 1609-1812 Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Bengeo, Hertfordshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Bengeo, 1856-1869 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bengeo (Hertfordshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Holy Trinity Church, Bengeo, 1604-1850 Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Bengeo, Hertfordshire); Society of Friends (Bengeo, Hertfordshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Tonwell Chapel, Bengeo, 1852-1869 Author: Church of England. Tonwell Chapel (Bengeo, Hertfordshire)
Enclosed by grace : records of the church meeting at Port Vale Chapel, Hertford Author: Hyde, Matthew J.
England, Hertfordshire, Bengeo, parish registers
Marriage transcripts, 1539-1836 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bengeo (Hertfordshire)
Marriages at Bengeo, Hertfordshire, 1539-1837 : transcribed from the original parish registers by kind permission of the incumbent Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bengeo (Hertfordshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1606-1812 Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Bengeo, Hertfordshire); Brigg, William, 1858-1921
Parish registers and miscellaneous public records, 1539-1895 Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Bengeo, Hertfordshire); Society of Friends (Bengeo, Hertfordshire)
Parish registers for Bengeo, 1866-1927 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bengeo (Hertfordshire)
Parish registers for Christ Church, Bengeo, 1869-1919 Author: Church of England. Christ Church (Bengeo, Hertfordshire)
Parish registers for Port Vale Chapel, Bengeo, 1837-1922 Author: Church of England. Port Vale Chapel (Bengeo, Hertfordshire)
Parish registers for St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Bengeo, 1872-1980 Author: Church of England. St. Michael and All Angels’ Church (Bengeo, Hertfordshire)
Parish registers for Tonwell Chapel, Bengeo, 1852-1919 Author: Church of England. Tonwell Chapel (Bengeo, Hertfordshire)
Vestry minutes and miscellaneous parish records, 1632-1847 Author: Bengeo (Hertfordshire)
Computer printout of Bengeo, Holy Trinity Church, Herts., Eng
Index of the parish registers of Bengeo, Herts. : books nos. 1 to 13 inclusive, 1545-1883 Author: Andrews, R. T.
Militia lists, parish of Bengeo Author: Hill, John
Administration
- County: Hertfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Hertford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
- Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Hertford
- Poor Law Union: Hertford
- Hundred: Hertford
- Province: Canterbury