Place:Tring Rural (parish), Hertfordshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

The ancient parish of Tring included a small historic market town on the western edge of Hertfordshire, England and a rural section with a number of hamlets. In 1870 the area covered by the parish was 7,390 acres. On the introduction of rural districts in 1894, Tring was defined as a civil parish within Berkhamsted Rural District. In 1898 the town was made an Urban District, with the rural area to the northwest hived off to become Tring Rural (parish).

The largest of the settlements within the parish are Long Marston and Wilstone. Both have been redirected here.

In 1964 the neighbouring parish of Puttenham was absorbed into Tring Rural.

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
• 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