Great Gaddesden Hertfordshire Family History Guide

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Great Gaddesden is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Gaddesden Row.

Alternative names: Gaddesdene

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GADDESDEN (Great), a village and a parish in Hemet Hempstead district, Herts. The village stands on the river Gade, 3 miles NE of Berkhampstead r. station, and 3¼ NW of Hemel Hempstead; takes its name from the river Gade; and was known at Domesday as Gadesdene. The parish includes also the hamlet of Gaddesden Row; and its post town is Little Gaddesden, under Hemel-Hempstead. Acres, 4, 074. Real property, £5, 991. Pop., 1, 147. Houses, 224. The property is divided among a few. The manor was given by Edmund, Duke of Cornwall, to Ashridge college; and passed to the Egertons. Gaddesden Place and Gaddesden Park are chief residences; and the former is the seat of Mrs. Halsley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £220. Patron, Mrs. Halsley. The church is Norman, with a modern tower; was recently restored; and contains monuments to the Egertons and the Halsleys. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, and charities £36.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hertfordshire, Great Gaddesden – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions, Great Gaddesden, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900

Monumental inscriptions, St. John the Baptist, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
Author: Strange, J.; Hayward, Valerie; Hertfordshire Family and Population History Society

England, Hertfordshire, Great Gaddesden – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Great Gaddesden, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Hertfordshire, Great Gaddesden – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Great Gaddesden, 1604-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Gaddesden (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Great Gaddesden, parish registers

Parish register transcripts for Great Gaddesden, 1559-1937
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Gaddesden (Hertfordshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Nettleden (Buckinghamshire)

Parish registers and miscellaneous public records of Great Gaddesden, 1558-1970
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Gaddesden (Hertfordshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Nettleden (Buckinghamshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Great Gaddesden – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Great Gaddesden, Herts., Eng

Parish register printouts of Great Gaddesden, Hertford, England ; christenings, 1814-1871
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Great Gaddesden, Hertford, England ; marriages, 1814-1839
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Hertfordshire, Great Gaddesden – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish registers and miscellaneous public records of Great Gaddesden, 1558-1970
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Gaddesden (Hertfordshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Nettleden (Buckinghamshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Great Gaddesden – Public records ( 1 )
Parish registers and miscellaneous public records of Great Gaddesden, 1558-1970
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Great Gaddesden (Hertfordshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Nettleden (Buckinghamshire)

Administration

  • County: Hertfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Hemel Hempstead
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
  • Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery: Berkhampstead
  • Poor Law Union: Hemel Hampstead
  • Hundred: Dacorum
  • Province: Canterbury