Place:Hoddesdon Rural, Hertfordshire, England

Hoddesdon Rural parish was formed from Hoddesdon parish in Hertfordshire, England in 1894. Hoddesdon was a large parish and included the town of Hoddesdon and a large rural area to the west and southwest. It was this rural part which was broken off from the town to be Hoddesdon Rural. It existed until 1935 when it was divided up between the town of Hoddesdon (an urban district since 1894) and the parish of Brickendon Liberty, an appendage of Hertford, which adjoined it to the west.

A comparison of the two maps listed below will show the changes that occurred in this area to the south of Hertford.

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