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“HEXTON, a parish in the hundred of Cashio and liberty of St. Alban's, county Herts, 5 miles N.W. of Hitchin. It was given by Sexi, the Dane, to St. Alban's Abbey, and is mentioned in Domesday Survey as Hegastanestone. After the Dissolution it was given by Henry VIII. to the Lees. The surface is hilly and the land chiefly arable. The village is small and wholly agricultural. The ancient road Icknield Street passes through the parish, and at Ravensburgh Castle is a large Danish encampment covering 12 acres. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester, value £90. The church, dedicated to St. Faith, was almost entirely rebuilt, at the cost of £3,000, by Mr. Lantour, and has a chapel with tombs. There is a small village school. Many gold and silver coins of the Romans, Saxons, and Danes have been found here."

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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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Cemeteries

Anglican
St Faith, Hexton, Church of England
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Churches

Anglican
St Faith, Hexton, Church of England
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Church Records

The Parish Registers for the periods:-

  • Baptisms - 1538-1927
  • Marriages - 1539-1990
  • Burials - 1538-1906
  • Bishop's Transcripts - 1575-1868

are deposited at Hertfordshire Record Office, County Hall, Hertford, SG13 8DE. [D/P51]

Entries from the Marriage Registers for the period 1538-1837 are included in The Allen Index at Hertfordshire Record Office.

The period 1538-1875 is covered by the IGI.

Transcripts of the parish registers for the period 1538-1927 are deposited at the Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, LONDON, EC1M 7BA.

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"HEXTON, a parish in the hundred of Cashio and liberty of St. Alban's, county Herts, 5 miles N.W. of Hitchin. It was given by Sexi, the Dane, to St. Alban's Abbey, and is mentioned in Domesday Survey as Hegastanestone. After the Dissolution it was given by Henry VIII. to the Lees. The surface is hilly and the land chiefly arable. The village is small and wholly agricultural. The ancient road Icknield Street passes through the parish, and at Ravensburgh Castle is a large Danish encampment covering 12 acres. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester, value £90. The church, dedicated to St. Faith, was almost entirely rebuilt, at the cost of £3,000, by Mr. Lantour, and has a chapel with tombs. There is a small village school. Many gold and silver coins of the Romans, Saxons, and Danes have been found here."

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Maps

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