Hertfordshire Genealogy: Places: Bushey, Herts

Adjacent Parishes: Aldenham, Great Stanmore (Middlesex), Harrow on the Hill (Middlesex), Watford

It was in the Dacorum Hundred, but is not part of the modern Borough of Dacorum. It was in the Watford Union

Bushey is a large village, now practically the S.E. suburb of Watford. The Station (London & North Western Railway) is in a hollow between the village itself and the High Street, Watford; cyclists must be careful of the descent towards the town. Near the centre of the village is a small green and pond, and here stands the partly Dec. church of St James, rebuilt in 1871 by Sir Gilbert Scott. The E.E. window, triple lancet, id to the memory of Edwards Marjoribanks of the Hall (d. 1879) and his wife. Silas Titus, whose name is remembered for his supposed authorship of the notorious pamphlet Killing not Murder, was born at Bushey and buried in this church; there is a headstone to his daughter in the graveyard.

Bushey Heath (1 mile S.E. from the above) is on the Middlesex border. It is now an ecclesiastical district, formed in 1889; the church, an E.E. brick structure, dates from 1838; the porches were added in 1882. The district is very healthy.

Bushey Mill is on the river Colne, ž mile N.E. from Watford Junction [railway station].

The Railway at Watford

<<< "Wild Irishman" L&NWR
Taking Water at Bushey
Raphael Tuck "Oilette"
posted 1906

There is an attractive local museum and art gallery in Bushey, website www.busheymuseum.org. The Friends of Bushey Museum's December 2004 Newsletter gives details of a newly published book St Peters: The Church on the Heath: An Illustrated History and the web site contains details of a large number of other books relating to Bushey available by mail order.

The Old Smithy, Bushey

postcard painted by K Low and published in 1903/4

For five more views of Bushey in this series see Raphael Tuck "Aquarette" Series

High Street, Bushey, with ladies cycling
Published by Middleton & Sons, stationers, Bushey - posted 1908?

The Fatal Fire at Bushey Heath - June 23rd 1908
Published by Downer

this is very good of the fire just like it was when I saw it their was a heath full of people on Sunday

The Funeral of the Bushey Heath Fire Victims, June 26th 1905
Published by Downer

Quick links to extra postcard images. click on thumbnail picture
Bushey Church & Pond	Bushey Church	Asylum, Bushey
Lululand, Bushey	Bushey Church

If you know of other books, websites, etc, relating to this place, please tell me.