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Broxbourne

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"About one mile S. E. of Hoddesdon is the village of BROXBURN - its site a gentle acclivity, intersected by rich meadows, irrigated by the river Lea; the prospect from the church, which stands between that stream and the New river, embraces an extensive range. It is intended to erect a station-house for the Northern and Eastern railway within a quarter of a mile of the high road leading from London to Hoddesdon. The parish of Broxburn contained in 1831 (exclusive of the chapelry of Hoddesdon), 529 inhabitants." [From Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of Herts, Pigot & Co., London, 1839]
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Cemeteries

Anglican
St Augustine, Broxbourne, Church of England
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Churches

Anglican
St Augustine, Broxbourne, Church of England
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Church History

"The church, dedicated to St. Augustine, is spacious and handsome, with a tower surmounted by a spire; the interior is ornamented with some elegant monuments, and the font is of considerable antiquity; the living is a discharged vicarage, in the presentation of the bishop of London."
[From Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of Herts, Pigot & Co., London, 1839]

There is a picture (67 kbytes) of the parish church of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Broxbourne; supplied by Ian Rose.

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Church Records

The Parish Registers for the periods:-

  • Baptisms - 1688-1851
  • Marriages - 1688-1949
  • Burials - 1688-1906
  • Bishop's Transcripts - 1800-1866

are deposited at Hertfordshire Record Office, County Hall, Hertford, SG13 8DE. [D/P24]

Entries from the Marriage Registers for the period 1688-1837 are included in The Allen Index at Hertfordshire Record Office.

The period 1688-1857 is covered by the IGI.

Transcripts of the parish registers for the period 1688-1906 are deposited at the Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, LONDON, EC1M 7BA.

The following records for churches in the ancient parish of Broxbourne are also available at Hertfordshire Record Office, County Hall, Hertford, SG13 8DE.:-

  • Rye Park - [D/P24B]
    • Baptisms - 1907-1992
    • Marriages - 1911-1982

see also Hoddesdon

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"BROXBOURNE, a parish in the hundred and county of Hertford, 6 miles to the S.W. of Hertford, and 16 miles to the N. of London. Hoddesdon is its post town. It is a station on the Great Eastern railway. The parish is situated in a pleasant country on the border of Essex, on the W. side of the river Lea, and formerly included the hamlet of Hoddesdon, erected into a distinct parish in 1863. The manor formerly belonged to the knights of St. John. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester, of the value of £361, in the patronage of the Bishop of Rochester. The church, dedicated to St. Augustine, was restored in 1857. It is a spacious structure, partly of flint, in the perpendicular style of architecture, with a tower, spire, and a side chapel. It contains an ancient font with pillars, several brasses (one of the date 1473), and some fine old monuments to families who held the manor. In the town is a free school, founded in 1667 by Sir Richard Lucy, and endowed with £20 a year. An almshouse for 6 widows was founded and endowed by the Hon. Letitia Monson, in 1727, the revenue of which is £165 per annum. There are several other charities producing about £70 a year. Broxbourne Bury, the old manor-house, was honoured by a visit of James I. on his way from Scotland."

"RYE HOUSE, a hamlet in the parish of Broxbourne, county Herts, 2 miles N.E. of Hoddesden, and 3 E. of Hertford. It is a station on the Cambridge section of the Great Eastern railway. It has remains of the ancient seat of the Orgards, built in the reign of Henry VI., and now used as a workhouse. It was here that the pretended plot of 1683 was said to have been formed by Lord William Russell and Algernon Sidney for killing the king, and for which they were both executed."

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL371069 (Lat/Lon: 51.744036, -0.015602), Broxbourne which are provided by: