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1881 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Hertfordshire:

Abbots Langley Great Gaddesden Reed
Albury Great Hadham Rickmansworth
Aldbury Great Hormead Ridge
Aldenham Great Munden Royston
Anstey Great Wymondley Rushden
Ardeley Gt Amwell Sacombe
Ashwell Gt Berkhampstead Sandon
Aspenden Harpenden Sandridge
Aston Hatfield Sarratt
Ayott St Lawrence Hemel Hempstead Sawbridgeworth
Ayott St Peter Hertford All Saints Shenley
Baldock Hertford St Andrew Shephall
Barkway Hertford St John St Albans
Barley Hertingfordbury St Albans St Michael
Bayford Hexton St Albans St Peter
Bengeo Hinxworth St Albans St Stephen
Bennington Hitchin St Ippollitts
Berkhampstead Hunsdon St Paul Walden
Bishop Stortford Ickleford Standon
Bovingdon Kelshall Stanstead Abbots
Bramfield Kensworth Stanstead St Margaret
Braughing Kimpton Stapleford
Brent Pelham Kings Langley Stevenage
Brickendon Kings Walden Stocking Pelham
Broadfield Knebworth Tewin
Broxbourne Layston Therfield
Buckland Letchworth Thorley
Bushey Lilley Throcking
Bygrave Little Amwell Thundridge
Caldecote Little Berkhampstead Totteridge
Cheshunt Little Gaddesden Tring
Chipping Barnet Little Hadham Walkern
Clothall Little Hormead Wallington
Codicote Little Munden Ware
Cottered Little Wymondley Watford
Datchworth Meesden Watton
Digswell Newnham Welwyn
East Barnet North Mimms Westmill
Eastwick Northaw Weston
Elstree Northchurch Wheathampstead
Essendon Norton Wheathamstead
Flamstead Nuthampstead Widford
Flaunden Offley Wigginton
Furneux Pelham Pirton Willian
Gilston Puttenham Wormley
Graveley Radwell Wyddial
Great Amwell Redbourn

Census Records - Parishes

After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.