Kimpton Hertfordshire Family History Guide

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Kimpton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Shoddesden.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KIMPTON, a village and a parish in Hitchin district, Herts. The village stands 2¼ miles E of the boundary with Beds, 3 N of Wheathampstead r. station, and 7½ S by W of Hitchin. The parish contains also Peters-Green; and its post town is Welwyn. Acres, 3, 579. Real property, £6, 941. Pop. in 1851, 992; in 1861, 1, 014. Houses, 197. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £445. Patron, Lord Dacre. The church is of various dates; was much injured by the parliamentarians in the civil war; underwent extensive restoration and enlargement in 1857-62; and comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and embattled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, schools supported principally by Lord Dacre, and charities £6.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hertfordshire, Kimpton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Kimpton, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900

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

England, Hertfordshire, Kimpton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kimpton, 1604-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kimpton (Hertfordshire)

Parish registers for Kimpton, 1559-1930
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kimpton (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Kimpton – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Kimpton, Herts., Eng

Parish register printouts of Kimpton, Hertford, England ; christenings, 1780-1850
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Hertfordshire, Kimpton – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Kimpton
Author: Hill, John

Administration

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