Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

Transcripts of the parish registers may eventually be published here, but many have been indexed already, and are available online.  A useful list can be found at www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Therfield.  Most are free, although some of these require registration in order to view.  Transcripts of burials 1800-1852 were published in a Royston and District Family History Society booklet in the 1990s, but the society is now defunct.  I have a copy, and will be happy to do look ups on request.  Unlike the (now free) National Burial Index, to which it contributed, the R&DFHS index contains ALL details from the original registers.  The R&DFHS transcripts can also be found on the Hertfordshire Burial Index CD, available from the Hertfordshire Family History Society at www.hertsfhs.org.uk/.  Additional indexes (and sometimes actual page images) are available at sites such as www.ancestry.co.uk/, www.findmypast.co.uk/ and www.thegenealogist.co.uk/, but they are not free.


Monumental Inscriptions

A booklet of monumental inscriptions (Church & Chapel) was published in the 1990s by the now defunct Royston and District Family History Society.  I have a copy, and will be happy to do look ups on request.  An earlier survey was carried out by William Blyth Gerish around 1910.  Gerish's original records are at the British Library, but microfilmed copies are available at LDS Libraries, from which the following data was extracted.

      Generously transcribed & contributed by Kazza Ciesiolka,  Oct 2004

• ANDERSON Ann died April 22 1859 aged 23 dau of Richard and Mary Anderson
• ANDERSON Eliza died Feb 20 1884 aged 63
• ANDERSON Eliza Ann died Aug 8 1893 aged 17 dau Reuben and Mary Ann Anderson
• ANDERSON Ellen Agnes died Jul 7 1892 aged 13 dau Reuben and Mary Ann Anderson
• ANDERSON James North died Nov 18 1897 aged 80
• ANDERSON Mary died Jun 10 1867 aged 34 w of Richard Anderson
• ANDERSON Mary Ann died Jul 18 1897 aged 55 w of Reuben Anderson
• ANDERSON Samuel died Sep 29 1898 aged 65
• ANDERSON Sarah died Nov 13 1888 aged 58 w of Samuel Anderson
• ASHMAN George died Jan 1 1874 aged 32 of Royston 3^rd son of William and Harriet
• ASHMAN Harriet died Mar 2 1889 aged 83 w of William Ashman
• ASHMAN --------- died Sep 20 1894 aged 54 of William and Harriet Ashman
• ASHMAN Sarah died Nov 11 1905 aged 71 eld of William and Harriet Ashman
• ASHMAN William died Jul 19 1881 aged 77
• ASHMAN William died Jun 30 1871 aged 33 2^nd s of William and Harriet Ashman
• B----------- Edward died Oct 28 1800 aged 62 (seems only the first letter of the surname could be read)
• BADCOCK Frederick Joseph died May 19 1899 aged 13
• BARKER Ernest died April 14 1880 11mths s of William and Helen Barker
• BEALE Esther died Feb 17 1874 aged 57 widow of James Beale, Anne, Emily and Sarah
• BEALE James died Aug 18 1872 aged 60
• BEALE Margaret died Mar 9 1825 aged 89
• BRAND James died Jun 11 1866 aged 31
• BULLARD Elizabeth died Sep 19 1900 aged 15 dau of George and Sussannah
• BULLARD James died Jul 4 1899 aged 18 son of George and Sussannah
• BULLARD Joseph died Mar 26 1896 aged 57
• BULLARD Julia died Jul 12 1865 aged 21 w of Joseph Bullard
• CHERRY Ann died Jul 11 1869 aged 62 w of John Cherry
• CHERRY John died Apr 27 1883 aged 73
• CHESSUM Thomas died Jul 7 1877 aged 68
• CLARK Robert died Jun 9 1898 aged 87
• CLERKE Ann died Mar 19 1741 aged 74 w of Edward Clerke (gent)
• CLERKE Mary died Jun 3 1753 aged 38 w of William Clerke
• CLERKE William died Apr 21 1753 aged 46 s of Edward Clerke (gent)
• COOPER Charles died May 11 1900 aged 66
• DALE Elizabeth died Jul 14 1899 aged 24
• DAY George died Jun 23 1851 aged 21
• DOCURA Mary died Feb 8 1733 aged 32 wife of Abel Docura, dau of Edward Clerke, Gent of Therfield, left 2 sons Abel and Edward and sister to John Clerke
• DRAPER Sarah died Jan 7 1862 aged 64 w of Thomas Draper
• DRAPER Thomas died Mar 17 1851 aged 54
• EDWARDS Emma died Sep 28 1893 w of Thomas Bn Feb 2 1814
• EDWARDS Thomas died Mar 15 1884 Brn Dec 13 1810 aged 43 Gardiner at Rectory
• EDWARDS William Thomas died May 4 1903 aged 19 eld son of George and Clara Edwards
• ETOUGH Rev Henry MA died Aug 10 1757 aged 70 / 23 years at Rectory of Therfield
• FARDELL William died Aug 21 1898 aged 68
• FORDHAM Ann died Mar 29 1779 aged 60
• FOX Mary Jane died Nov 11 1891 aged 87
• FREEMAN George died Aug 28 1871 Brn Jan 1 1855 accidentally killed in harvest while in service of Mr F Manning - farmer of Therfield
• FROST Matthew died Nov 2 1775 aged 78 of Therfield
• GATWARD Emma died Dec 9 1858 Brn Nov 25 1832
• GATWARD James died Dec 1 1855 aged 60
• GATWARD John died Dec 9 1872 Brn Jul 10 1798
• GATWARD Julia died Apr 28 1889 aged 35
• GATWARD Julia Farrow died Jan 19 1863 Brn May 21 1838
• GATWARD Levi died Nov 20 1898 aged 77
• GATWARD Mary died Sep 6 1903 aged 49 w of Edwin of Dane End
• GATWARD Thomas died May 29 1888 of Dane End Farm Brn May 21 1823
• GATWARD Walter died Dec 25 1884 aged 18 son of John and Mary Ann
• HAGGER John died Aug 7 1900 aged 69 [I think this should be Lucy, not John!]
• HAGGER John died May 6 1903 aged 82 accidentally killed
• HALE John died Oct 3 1906 aged 77 of Dane End
• HALE Rev John Goodwin died July 1 1907 Brn Jan 15 1830 2^nd son of Venerable William Hale MA Archdeacon of London, Master of the Charterhouse, 37 years at Rectory of Therfield
• HARCOCK Elizabeth died 17---------
• HARCOCK Richard died March 1727 hus of Elizabeth Harcock
• HOWE Cordelia died Sep 19 1885 aged 53 w of Thomas Howe
• KEMMETT Amy died May 18 1885 w of George and eld dau of Edward and Ellen Roberson Brn Nov 25 1850
• KING George died May 24 1899 aged 62
• KING Lucy died Dec 22 1887 aged 48
• KNIGHT Ann died Feb 4 1803 w of Richard Knight
• KNIGHT George King died Apr 11 1896 aged 47
• KNIGHT Richard died Jan 30 1814 aged 78 their children Brn at Therfield Elizabeth Brn Nov 21 1757, w of William Emmit d at Hamsey Road, June 10 1828 , him in vault of s Mary ------- --------- John Emmet, George Emmett,
  Mary Knight Brn May 14 1763 w of George White of Ware,
  William Knight Brn Feb 20 1766
  Keziah Knight Brn Jun 18 1770
  Alice Knight Brn Sep 19 1772
  Sarah Knight Brn Jun 30 1776 buried Jun 23 1779
  Daniel Knight Brn Sep 18 1779 buried Mar 3 1853 leaving issue John, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Daniel, Richard and Joseph and also Alice who was his 4^th child.
• LEETE Eleanor Lily died Mar 25 1899 dau of Arthur and Nellie Brn May 1 1898
• LEETE James Oliver died May 30 1870 aged 29 s of Reuben and Mary
• LEETE Mary died Sep 11 1877 aged 68 w of Reuben of Therfield
• LEETE Reuben died Jul 29 1880 aged 71 Blacksmith of Therfield
• MOTTERAM William died Dec 12 1874 Aged 45
• NEWLING Ann died Dec 11 1889 aged 80 w of George
• NEWLING Arthur died Aug 10 1880 9mths
• NEWLING George died Jan 31 1881 aged 71
• NEWLING Joseph died Mar 25 1889 brn Oct 14 1801
• NEWLING Mahala died Jan 5 1891 Brn Jan 1 1865
• NEWLING Sarah died Feb 11 1885 Brn May 7 1803
• NODES James died Aug 24 1873 aged 63
• NODES Philip died Aug 9 1892 aged 57 Hus of Mary Ann
• PAGE Edmund died May 1862 son of John Page
• PAGE John died Nov 17 1858 aged 59
• PARKINS Ida Mary died Aug 27 1901 aged 27 dau of Fred and Kate of Hertford
• PEGRAM Ann died Sep 1 1885 brn Mar 24 1870
• PEGRAM Eliza died Mar 24 1893 aged 75 w of William Pegram
• PEGRAM Harriet died May 10 1900 aged 70 younger of George Pegram
• PEGRAM Lucy Ward died Mar 7 1893 aged 75 eld of George and Joanna
• PEGRAM William died Nov 8 1876 Brn Feb 17 1806
• PEGRAM William died Apr 15 1896 aged 75 eld of George and Joanna
• PRESTON Ann died Feb 21 1890 aged 69 w of Edward Preston
• PRESTON Barnard died Sep 18 1866 [or 1886?] brn Mar 13 1822
• PRESTON Catherine Manning died July 12 1883 w of Barnard Preston Brn Nov 20 1822
• PRESTON Edward died Sep 2 1871 aged 52
• PRESTON Joseph died Feb 15 1886 aged 71
• PRESTON Martha died Apr 16 1883 aged 66 w of Joseph Preston
• PRESTON Thomas Sheffield died Aug 8 1863 Brn Aug 10 1845
• RAND John Stanley died Feb 21 1901 son of Percy Allen Rand
• RAND Margaret died Dec 11 1878 aged 87
• RAND Percy Allen died Dec 17 1907 s of William and Annie
• RAND William died Dec 25 1905 aged 76
• RAYNER Sid (little) died Apr 25 1902 aged 6 mths
• REYNOLDS Mary died Jan 6 1875 aged 89
• ROBERTSON Joanna died May 16 1825 aged 23
• ROBERSON Emily Helen died Sep 29 1853 aged 25 dau of Thomas and Esther Eleanor Roberson
• ROBERSON Esther Eleanor died July 3 1853 aged 60 w of Thomas Roberson master of the temple and Rectory of Therfield and dau of Joseph Dornford of Kent
• SELL ---- ------ ------- 1884 aged 50
• SELL ---- -------- -------- 1736 infant of Laurance and Mary
• SELL ------- ------- -------- 1736 infant of Laurance and Mary
• SELL Laurance died May 18 1767 aged 32
• SELL Laurance died Jan 12 1747 aged 61
• SELL Sarah died Oct 11 1748 aged 45 dau of Laurance and Mary
• SHACKLETON Susan died Aug 7 1895 aged 62 w of William Sackville Shackleton
• SHEPHERD Ann died Jul 28 1861 w of John Shepherd
• SHEPHERD Emma died Jul 31 1900 aged 58
• SHEPHERD Margaret died Jan 12 1890 w of James Shepherd Brn Jan 27 1857
• SMITH Ann died 1745 aged 53 w of James Smith
• SMITH John died Sep 21 1904 aged 74
• SMITH Mary died July 2 1755 aged 58 of Layston Herts
• SMITH Maria died Jan 10 1891 aged 68
• TAYLOR Eliza died Jan 16 1677
• TURNER Sir Barnard K died June 15 1784 aged 42 Alderman and Sheriff of London and Middlesex Major of Her Artillery C of MP Southwark he had a fall off his horse
• TURNER Ann died 1677 aged 28 w of Francis Turner rectory of Therfield. Dau of Horton of Cotton Derby who's mother was a Ferris
• TURNER Sackville died Sep 5 1774 Capt H M 33^rd RG, stone dedicated by his brother Barnard (see Sarah TURNER)
• TURNER Sarah died Sep 5 1774 w of Sackville Turner only ch of Edward Crockley of Watton in Norfolk, Gent, both castaway and drowned on their passage from Ireland
• TURNER Sarah died Mar 7 1782 aged 39
• TURNER Chld, Ann Turner brn Apr 23 1769, Edward George Turner Brn Aug 25 1774, Sarah Penny Turner Mar 28 1772, Sophia Penny Turner Brn Dec 31 1775, William Sackville Turner Brn Oct 4 1770, William Turner Brn Mar 7 1782 Died Mar 13 1782 aged 6 days, By Barnard Turner Commanding Officer of London Military -------------- in June 1780 ------------- of London
• TURNEY Fred died Aug 30 1879 aged 4 years s of Thomas and Frances Turney of Mardly Bury Manor
• TURNEY George died Oct 6 1846 aged 59 of Mardley Manor
• TURNEY Hannah died Aug 16 1879 aged 6 dau of Thomas and Frances Turney
• TURNEY Sarah died Jan 19 1876 aged 85 w of George Turney
• TURNEY Thomas died Jan 30 1885 aged 63 of Mardley Manor
• TWINING Rev Daniel MA died Mar 5 1853 aged 75 Rector of Therfield for 21 years
• WARREN Martha died Jan 20 1889 aged 75
• WATSON Edward died May 9 1906 aged 86
• WATSON Lucy died Mar 2 1893 aged 71 w of Edward Watson
• WEEDING William Henry P died Mar 31 1904 aged 46
• WELBAND Lizzie died Sep 6 1889 w of George William, eld c of Reuben and Mary Ann Anderson
• WILLCOCK Edward died Feb 7 1782 aged 75
• WILLCOCK Mary died Aug 29 1769 aged 55 w of William
• WILLCOCK William died Jun 17 1777 aged 77
• WILLETT Andrew died 4--- -- 1690 of Reed Herts s of Bridget Willett --------
• WILLETT Bridget died 1676 w of Andrew Willett Gent of Reed
• WILSON Mary died Sep 30 1884 aged 51 w of William Wilson of Royston 2^nd dau of William and Harriet Ashman
• WINTON Keziah died Mar 1 1851 aged 52 w of Thomas Winton and 21 years matron of National Schools
• WOODCOCK Robert died Aug 19 1872 aged 28 ygst of William Woodcock
• WOODCOCK William died Feb 17 1895 aged 84