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"Northchurch is a village, in the parish of Berkhampstead St. Mary, contiguous to the above town. It is pleasantly situate on the high road to Tring, and respectable inhabited. The population of the parish amounted, in 1831, to 1,156 persons." [From Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of Herts, Pigot & Co., London, 1839]

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Cemeteries

Anglican
Holy Trinity, Potten End, Church of England
St Mary, Northchurch, Church of England
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Churches

Anglican
Holy Trinity, Potten End, Church of England
St Mary, Northchurch, Church of England
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Church Records

The Parish Registers for the periods:-

  • Baptisms - 1564-1899
  • Marriages - 1621-1903
  • Burials - 1564-1886
  • Bishop's Transcripts - 1604-1877

are deposited at Hertfordshire Record Office, County Hall, Hertford, SG13 8DE. [D/P74]

Entries from the Marriage Registers for the period 1564-1837 are included in The Allen Index at Hertfordshire Record Office.

The period 1564-1875 is covered by the IGI.

Transcripts of the parish registers for the period 1604-1839 are deposited at the Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, LONDON, EC1M 7BA.

Transcripts of the  registers for St John's Chapel for the period 1855-1915 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 Northchurch are also available at Hertfordshire Record Office, County Hall, Hertford, SG13 8DE.:-

  • Bourne End, St. John [D/P74A]
    • Baptisms - 1855-1908
    • Marriages - 1858-1915
    • Burials - 1858-1915
    • Bishop's Transcripts - 1860-1877
  • Sunnyside [D/P74A]
    • Baptisms - 1886-1951
    • Marriages - 1909-1981
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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"NORTHCHURCH, a parish in the hundred of Dacorum, county Herts, 3 miles S.E. of Tring, and 2 from the railway station on the North-Western line, which has a tunnel here 1,080 feet in length. The village is sometimes called St. Mary's Berkhampstead. It is situated on the high road from Berkhampstead to Tring, near the Grand Junction canal. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. Berkhampstead common is situated on the N., and is upwards of 3 miles in extent. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester, value £794. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient cruciform structure, with a low embattled tower containing five bells. There are various charities. The Baptists have a place of worship."

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP973087 (Lat/Lon: 51.768532, -0.591348), Northchurch which are provided by: