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1871 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Hertfordshire:

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

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.