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1861 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Hertfordshire:

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

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.