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The Victoria County History of Hertfordshire Edited by William Page |
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The Victoria County History of Hertfordshire Edited by William Page |
The St Albans Abbey Gateway
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The Victoria County History for Hertfordshire (and other counties) is now available online at British History Online |
The very important Victoria County
History of Hertfordshire (which is available in most large libraries)
divides the country up into its old hundreds.
The volumes cover many aspects of the county and the main sections of interest
to genealogists are:
Volume 1 edited by William Page, first published in 1902:- sport ancient and modern
Volume 2 edited by William Page, first published in 1908:- political history, schools, Dacorum Hundred, Cashio Hundred. The sections on the City of St Albans, and St Albans Abbey have been reprinted.
Volume 3 edited by William Page, first published in 1912:- Hitchin Hundred, Broadwater Hundred, Odsey Hundred, Braughing Hundred, Hertford Hundred
Volume 4 edited by William Page, first published in 1914:- Edwintree Hundred, Social and Economic History, Industries, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Houses
Reprinted 1971
For examples of information the book contains see
Charities - The Cross Key Charity - St Albans
The Manor of Ponsbourne, Hatfield
GORSUCH, Walkern, early 17th century
Also see the following web site - which includes an index of parish names on the Victorian County Histories:
www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/vch
There is a web site on the Victoria County History Project
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Books The book set is the standard reference work on Hertfordshire history in many larger libraries worldwide and most (if not all) Hertfordshire public libraries. The complete set is likely to sell for several hundred pounds on the rare occasions that it appears on the second hand market. |
July 2006 page updated
December 2009 - link to comparison page added
