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1851 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 Rushden
Anstey Great Wymondley Sacomb
Ardeley Harpenden Sandon
Ashwell Hatfield Sandridge
Aspenden Hemel Hempstead Sarratt
Aston Hertford All Saints Sawbridgeworth
Ayott St Lawrence Hertford St Andrew Shenley
Ayott St Peter Hertford St John Shephall
Baldock Hertingfordbury St Albans
Barkway Hexton St Albans St Michael
Barley Hinxworth St Albans St Peter
Bayford Hitchin St Albans St Stephen
Bengeo Hoddesdon St Pauls Walden
Benington Hunsdon Standon
Berkhamstead Ickleford Stanstead
Berkhamstead St Peter Ippollitts Stanstead Abbots
Bishops Hatfield Kelshall Stanstead St Margaret
Bishops Stortford Kensworth Stapleford
Bovingdon Kimpton Stevenage
Bramfield Kings Langley Stocking Pelham
Braughing Kings Walden Studham
Brent Pelham Knebworth Tewin
Brickendon Layston Therfield
Broadfield Letchworth Thorley
Broxbourne Lilley Throcking
Buckland Little Amwell Thundridge
Bushey Little Berkhamstead Totteridge
Bygrave Little Chishill Tring
Caddington Little Gaddesden Triplow
Caldecott Little Hadham Wakeley
Clothall Little Hormead Walkern
Codicote Little Munden Wallington
Cottered Little Wymondley Ware
Datchworth Meesden Watford
Digswell Much Hadham Watton
East Barnet Newnham Welwyn
Eastwick North Mimms Westmill
Elstree Northaw Weston
Essendon Northchurch Wheathamstead
Flamstead Norton Widford
Flaunden Nuthampstead Wigginton
Furneux Pelham Offley Willian
Gilston Pirton Wormley
Graveley Puttenham Wyddiall
Great Amwell Radwell
Great Chishill 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.