Kimpton, Hertfordshire Genealogy

England   Hertfordshire   Hertfordshire Parishes

Parish History
Kimpton, is a village and a parish in Hitchin district, county of Hertfordshire. The village is 2 1/4 miles E of the boundary with Bedfordshire, 3 miles N of Wheathampstead railway station, and 7½ (S by W) of Hitchin. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

The name is derived from an Old English personal name, "Cȳma" and means a farmstead associated with a man called Cȳma. It appears in the Domesday Book (1086) as "Kamintone". There is a place in Hampshire with the same name.


 * "The parish church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, situated on rising ground to the north of the village, is of early foundation; it has a square embattled tower at its western end, and its interior is embellished with a fine screen of oak: the benefice is a vicarage, in the presentation of Lord Dacre."

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Certificates may be ordered from the Hertfordshire County Office.

Parish Registers
Parish registers for Kimpton begin from 1559.

The registers for 1559 - 2005 are lodged with Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, Hertfordshire County Council catalogued at CDP61.

The registers to 1930 have been filmed and are available from Family History Centres.

Bishop's Transcripts
Bishop's transcripts for Kimpton begin from 1604.

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, Hertfordshire County Council hold the relevant transcripts..

The Bishop's transcripts for Kimpton, 1604-1869 have been filmed and are available from Family History Centres.

findmypast Hertfordshire Record Collection
The subscription or pay-per-view commercial online publisher, findmypast.co.uk have digistised most parish records held by Hertfordshire County Council. Details at their website.

Nonconformist Records
Wesleyan Methodists have been meeting in Kimpton since 1841. A small chapel was opened in 1845 which was completely rebuilt in 1870. Some records of the Kimpton Wesleyan Methodist Chapel are held by the Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, Hertfordshire County Council. Their nonconformist registers and transcripts1/hals/famhist/nonconformist/ holdings are listed in a downloadable PDF file.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Hertfordshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites

 * Wikipedia article on Kimpton, Hertfordshire.
 * GENUKI entry for Kimpton, Hertfordshire
 * Kimpton Parish Council