Place:Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

Little Berkhamsted is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire District of Hertfordshire, England , five miles south-west of the town of Hertford. The 'Little' is to distinguish it from the town of Berkhamsted (which was once known as Great Berkhamsted or Great Berkhampstead) although the two places, whilst in the same county, are not near each other.

The village is in a hilly location, some 120 metres (400 feet) above sea level. Little Berkhamstead includes the hamlet of Epping Green.

Research Tips

• Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, Register Office Block CHR002, County Hall, Hertford SG13 8EJ. Indexes and Catalog
• GENUKI on Hertfordshire (individual parishes covered separately)
• Hertfordshire Family History Society
• The hundred of Hertford: Introduction and map as provided by British History Online in the Victoria County History of Hertfordshire, volume 3, pp 407-408
• The parish of Little Berkhampstead ibid, volume 3, pp 427-430
• Ordnance Survey map of Hertfordshire 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Hertfordshire 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time