Hexton is a parish at the north-western corner of North Hertfordshire, projecting north into Bedfordshire, which surrounds it on three sides. The only settlement is Hexton.

St Faith’s Church

History links

Domesday Book

Hexton’s entries in Domesday Book.

Family history links

The Uk and Ireland Genealogy website explains where to find parish registers.
The Family Search website links to free and subscription resources.

Further reading

Brooks, I P 2015 Ravensburgh Hillfort Geophysical Survey May 2015. Blaenau Ffestiniog: Engineering Archaeological Services
Brown, I 2015 Ravensburgh Castle Hillfort Project Report No 1. Oxford: Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Brown, I 2016 Ravensburgh Castle Project report 2016 No 2. Oxford: Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Brown, I 2018 Ravensburgh Castle Project report No 3. Oxford: Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Dyer, J F 1962 Ravensburgh Castle – observations on its construction. Bedfordshire Archaeological Journal 1, 77-8
Dyer, J F 1976 Ravensburgh Castle, Hertfordshire. In: Harding, D W ed. Hillforts: later prehistoric earthworks in Britain and Ireland.