Wednesday, July 22 TEWIN (St. Peter), a parish, in the union, hundred, and county of Hertford, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Welwyn ; containing 522 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2412 acres, of which 20 are common or waste land. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £14, and in the gift of Jesus’ College, Cambridge : the tithes have been commuted for £460 ;
Sunday, May 17 YARDLEY (ST. LAWRENCE), a parish, in the union of BUNTINGFORD, hundred of ODSEY, county of HERTFORD, 4 ½ miles (W. S. W.) from Buntingford; containing 633 inhabitants. It comprises 2405a. 1r. 12p., of which 1650 acres are arable, 472 meadow and pasture, 190 woodland, and 92 common and waste. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £12, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, London ; impropriator, J. Murray, Esq. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for £180, and the impropriate for £350; there are 21 ½ acres of impropriate glebe. The church is a handsome structure in the later English style, with a square embattled tower surmounted by a spire; the windows are embellished with stained glass, and the walls painted in fresco, which had been long concealed until some late repairs. Chauncy, the historian of Hertfordshire, was interred here.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Saturday, May 9 NASH-MILL, a hamlet in Abbots-Langley parish, Herts; on the Grand Junction canal and the Northwestern railway, 2 miles S of Hemel - Hempstead. Here are extensive paper manufactories, and a large school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Saturday, May 9 NAST-HYDE, a hamlet in London-Colney chapelry, Herts; 2 miles NE of London-Colney village.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Friday, May 1 MUNDEN (little), or MUNDEN-FREWELL, a village and a parish in Ware district, Herts. The village stands 3 ¾ miles W of Standon r. station, and 5 ½ N by W of Ware. The parish contains also the hamlet of Green-End, and parts of the hamlets of Dane-End and Haultwick; audits post-town is Ware. Acres, 2,204. Real property, £3,305. Pop., 601. Houses, 118. The property is divided among a few. Dane-End House is the seat of H. E. Surtees, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £592. Patron, Lieut.-Col. Loyd. The church is a plain building, with a tower; contains three or four monuments; and, in 1867, was about to be restored. Charities, £9.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
