Little Hadham Hertfordshire Family History Guide

Little Hadham is a chapelry of Much Hadham Ancient Parish in Hertfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Green Street and Bury Green.

Alternative names: Hadham

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629; 1802

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HADHAM (LITTLE), a village and a parish in Bishop Stortford district, Herts.

The village stands on the river Ash, near the boundary with Essex, 3 miles WNW of Bishop Stortford town and r. station; and has a post-office under Ware, and a fair on 15 July.

The parish includes also the hamlets of Bury Green and Green Street. Acres, 3, 068. Real property, £4, 602. Pop., 864. Houses, 192. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the bishops of London; and passed to successively the Bands, the Darcys, and the Capels. Hadham Hall and Hadham Park are chief residences.

The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Great Hadham, in the diocese of Rochester. The church is early English, in good condition; and consists of nave, aisle, transept, and chancel, with porch, and square embattled tower.

A national school was built in 1861; and there are charities nearly £30.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Hertfordshire, Little Hadham – Cemeteries ( 3 )
[British war graves – Hertfordshire]
Author: Gillon, Geoffrey R.

Monumental inscriptions of the parish church of St Cecilia, Little Hadham
Author: Pearson, John; Pearson, Janet; Hertfordshire Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions, Little Hadham, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900

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

England, Hertfordshire, Little Hadham – Church records ( 5 )
Baptisms and burials, 1804-1836
Author: Independent Church (Little Hadham)

Bishop’s transcripts for Little Hadham, 1802-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Hadham (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Little Hadham, parish registers

Parish registers and churchwardens’ accounts for Little Hadham, 1554-1902
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Hadham (Hertfordshire)

Registers of the parish of Little Hadham in Hertfordshire, 1559 to 1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Hadham (Hertfordshire); Minet, William

England, Hertfordshire, Little Hadham – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Little Hadham, Herts., Eng

Computer printout of Little Hadham, Independent, Herts., Eng

Parish register printouts of Little Hadham, Hertford, England (Independent) ; christenings, 1804-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Little Hadham, Hertford, England ; christenings, 1559-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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

Administration

  • County: Hertfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Bishops Stortford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
  • Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – London
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Braughing, Post-1844 – Bishop’s Stortford
  • Poor Law Union: Bishop’s Stortford
  • Hundred: Edwinstree
  • Province: Canterbury