Books on Hertfordshire

The Hertfordshire Record Society

The leaflet put out by the Hertfordshire Record Society reads

Hertfordshire possesses an abundance of historical records of every kind. Many of them have not been easily accessible to interested people: some are in private hands or scattered widely throughout the country, many lack indexes or annotation which would elucidate their contents.

The Hertfordshire Record Society exists to make some of these records more readily available by publishing a regular series of volumes which will be of interest to the general reader and a stimulus and aid to further research into the local history of our county.

The Society has no large endowments and, relies on the combined support, and goodwill of those who love our county and its past.

The annual subscription rate of £15.00 entitles a member to a copy of the latest volume published and an opportunity to purchase, at special or previous membership prices, earlier books in the series.

Non-members pay the full retail price of each book plus postage except for special offer Vols. up to X.

All books published by the Society are casebound with jackets and in the format 242mm x 158mm.

The Society also welcomes sponsors and any individual or firm that contributes £25.00 or more will be enrolled on a list of sponsors in the next volume.

Further information may be obtained from Heather Falvey, Hon Sec, 119 Winton Drive, Croxley Green, WD3 3QS or info@hrsociety.org

For more information (including an up-to-date list of their available publications) visit their web site at www.hrsociety.org.uk

Volume I (1985): Tudor Churchwardens' Accounts

Volume II (1986): Early Stuart Household Accounts

Volume III (1987): A Professional Hertfordshire Tramp (J. E. Cussans)

Volume IV (1988): The Salisbury-Balfour Correspondence 1869-1892

Volume V (1989): The Parish Register and Tithing Book of Thomas Hassall of Amwell

Volume VI (1990): Cheshunt College, the early years

Volume VII (1991): St Albans Quarter Session Rolls: 1784-1820

Volume VIII (1992): The Accounts of Thomas Green, 1742-1790

Volume IX (1993): St Albans Wills, 1471-1500

Volume X (1994): Early Churchwardens' Accounts of Bishops Stortford, 1431-1558

Volume XI (1995): Religion in Hertfordshire 1847-1851

Volume XII (1996): Muster Books for North and East Hertfordshire 1580-1605

Volume XIII (1997): Lifestyle and Culture in Hertford... Wills and Inventories, 1660-1725

Volume XIV (1998): Hertfordshire Lay Subsidy Rolls, 1307 and 1334

Volume XV (1999): Observations of Weather - The Weather Diary of Sir John Wittewronge of Rothamsted, 1684-1689

Volume XVI (2000): Survey of the Royal Manor of Hitchin, 1676

Volume XVII (2001): Garden-making and the Freman Family: A Memoir of Hamels 1713-1733

Volume XVIII (2002): Two Nineteen-Century Diaries 

Volume XIX (2003): This Little Commonwealth: The Layston Parish Memorandum Book

Volume XX (2004): Julian Grenfell, soldier & poet: letters and diaries, 1910-1915

Volume XXI, (2005): The Hellard Almshouses and other Stevenage Charities

Volume XXII (2006): A Victorian Teenager's Diary: The Diary of Lady Adela Capel of Cassiobury

Volume XXIII (2007) The Impact of the First Civil War on Hertfordshire 1642-47 [In preparation]

Volume XXIV (2008) Barnet Workhouse Papers [In preparation]

Volume XXV (2009) The Diary of Mary, Countess Cowper [In preparation]

Bryant's Map of Hertfordshire 1822

Dury & Andrew's Map of Hertfordshire 1766

May I add that by joining the Society you support the excellent work done by the Society as well as getting an excellent book, each featuring an important Hertfordshire document. Don't just sit at your terminal and expect others to do all the work - put your hands in your pocket and support the organisations who actually help make the records available.

Page updated December 2007