Standon Hertfordshire Family History Guide

Standon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Wadesmill, Puckeridge, and Colliers End.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1652
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, and Roman Catholic.

Adjacent Parishes

• Little Hadham
• Wareside
• Great Munden
• Thundridge
• Braughing
• Westmill
• Much Hadham
• Albury
• High Cross

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STANDON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Ware district, Herts. The village stands near the Buntingford railway, 6 miles NNE of Ware; was once a market town; and has a station on the railway, a post-office under Ware, and a recent two-arched iron bridge. The parish contains also the hamlets of High-Cross and Colliers-End, and comprises 7,520 acres. Real property, £13,744. Pop. in 1851, 2,462; in 1861, 2,245. Houses, 457. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Wellington. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £520. Patron, W. Puller, Esq. The church is mainly decorated English; and has a fine Norman W arch, and a tower and spire. The p. curacy of High-Cross is a separate benefice. There are a Roman Catholic college, an endowed school with £55 a year, and charities £132; and the college has accommodation for about 100 inmates, and a chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

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

England, Hertfordshire, Standon – Church records ( 9 )
Bishop’s transcripts for High Cross, 1846-1858
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of High Cross (Hertfordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Standon, 1630-1707
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Standon (Hertfordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Standon, 1800-1813
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Standon (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Standon, parish registers

Parish register transcripts, 1777-1809 : transcribed by Peter Walne
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Standon (Hertfordshire); Walne, Peter; Allen, Thomas F.

Parish registers for High Cross, 1846-1959
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of High Cross (Hertfordshire)

Parish registers for Standon, 1809-1946
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Standon (Hertfordshire)

Parish registers for Standon, 1813-1907
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Standon (Hertfordshire)

Record of members, 1854-1855
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Standon Branch (Hertfordshire)

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

Computer printout of Standon, Herts., Eng

England, Hertfordshire, Standon – History ( 1 )
A history of the Parish of Standon
Author: Perowne, Christopher

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

England, Hertfordshire, Standon – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Vestry minutes, 1828-1964 and miscellaneous parish records, 1724-1806
Author: Standon (Hertfordshire)

England, Hertfordshire, Standon – Public records ( 1 )
Vestry minutes, 1828-1964 and miscellaneous parish records, 1724-1806
Author: Standon (Hertfordshire)

Administration

• County: Hertfordshire
• Civil Registration District: Ware
• 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 – Bishop’s Stortford
• Poor Law Union: Ware
• Hundred: Braughing
• Province: Canterbury