Hertfordshire Genealogy

Guide to Old Hertfordshire

 

Ashwell

Ashwell Education Services

www.ashwell-education-services.co.uk

 

Ashwell Education Services is an education consultancy.

This is an ESSENTIAL SITE for anyone researching family or local history in Ashwell, thanks to the significant work done by David Short,

It contains:


A short history of the village

Ashwell lock up


Family Names

Below is a list of the names of some of the families which have lived in Ashwell. It is by no means exhaustive, but is of the larger families. The list gives the first occurrence in the Parish Registers, whether the name appears on Militia list, Overseers' Accounts or the Census Return as well as the number of wills or inventories known of and the date of the last known record for the family in Ashwell.

Name Parish Registers

1605-1837

Militia Lists

1756 - 1786

Overseers' Accounts

1677 - 1722

Census

1841 - 1881

Wills Last known date
Adams 1639 Yes Yes Yes 0 1777
Austin 1609 No Yes Yes 0 1862
             
Bacon 1690 Yes Yes Yes 3 1922
Bailey 1637 Yes Yes Yes 10 Mid 20c
etc...            

 


Books for Sale

Title and Author Costs £(pounds sterling)
Snippets of Ashwell's History (Volume 1) by David Short, illustrated by Phil Collins. Short articles on various aspects of Ashwell's past. 1997, 84 pp, 41 illustrations. MORE DETAILS 4.95
Ashwell Year Book 2001.  Reports on the Parish Council activities and others organisations and societies for the previous year.  2001, 64pp, 44 illustrations 2.95
etc...  

 


Transcripts of original Ashwell documents

Abstract of Plumer Charity Apprenticeships Indentures 0.30
Arthur Covington's Record of Ashwell Deaths 1877-1930 5.00
Ashwell Enclosure Award 1863 5.50
Ashwell Parish Registers - includes:
Bishops Transcripts 1604-1686
Baptisms 1686-1836
Marriages 1686-1837
Burials 1678-1863
7.50
Ashwell Tithe Commutation Apportionment 1841 4.00
Ashwell Quaker Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths 1716-1837 0.60
etc...