Caddington, Hertfordshire Genealogy

Parish History
Caddington, a parish in the hundred of Flitt, county of Bedford, but chiefly in the hundred of Dacorum, county of Hertford, 1 3/4 miles (W.S.W.) from Luton, containing with a portion of the chapelry of Market-Street (Markyate), 1549 inhabitants. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is in Bedfordshire.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., Topographical Dictionary of England (1831).

Caddington is an Ancient Parish partly in Bedfordshire and partly in Hertfordshire, however, it is mostly in Bedforshire. It encompasses Market Street in Hertfordshire.

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.

Church records
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Parish registers for Market Street, 1855-1972 Market-Street (St. John's Church) is a Church of England chapelry in the parish of Caddington.

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Non-Conformist Churches

 * Society of Friends/Quaker
 * Wesleyan Methodist

Census records
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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.

Poor Law Unions
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Maps and Gazetteers
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England Jurisdictions 1851 Vision of Britain

Web Sites
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