Wigginton Hertfordshire Family History Guide

Wigginton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Hertfordshire, created in 1748 from a chapelry in Tring Ancient Parish.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1610
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

• Aldbury
• Northchurch
• Tring
• Hawridge

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WIGGINTON, a parish, with a village, in Berkhampstead district, Herts; 17 mile SSW of Tring r. station. Post town, Tring. Acres, 1,662. Real property, £2,719. Pop., 641. Houses, 135. The manor belongs to the Harcourt family. Champneys is the seat of D. Sutton, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £200. Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church was recently repaired and enlarged. There are a national school, and some charities.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

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

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

Parish register and miscellaneous public records, 1601-1838
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wigginton (Hertfordshire); Brigg, William, 1858-1921

England, Hertfordshire, Wigginton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Wigginton or Wiggington, Herts., Eng

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

England, Hertfordshire, Wigginton – Public records ( 1 )
Parish register and miscellaneous public records, 1601-1838
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wigginton (Hertfordshire); Brigg, William, 1858-1921

Administration

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

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