Hertfordshirehttp://www.parishmouse.com/hertfordshire/en-GB2010-08-01T09:12:32ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Tewin Hertfordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845http://www.parishmouse.com/hertfordshire/2009/7/22/tewin-hertfordshire-lewis-topographical-dictionary-of-englan.htmlSally2009-07-22T19:49:14ZLewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845 TewinYardley Hertfordshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845http://www.parishmouse.com/hertfordshire/2009/5/17/yardley-hertfordshire-lewis-topographical-dictionary-of-engl.htmlSally2009-05-17T20:34:15ZLewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845 YardleyYARDLEY (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.

]]>Nash Mill Hertfordshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/hertfordshire/2009/5/9/nash-mill-hertfordshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wa.htmlSally2009-05-09T19:21:31ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 Nash MillNASH-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].

]]>Nast Hyde Hertfordshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/hertfordshire/2009/5/9/nast-hyde-hertfordshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wa.htmlSally2009-05-09T19:20:41ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 Nast HydeNAST-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].

]]>Little Munden Hertfordshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/hertfordshire/2009/5/1/little-munden-hertfordshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-an.htmlSally2009-05-01T20:20:52ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 Little MundenMUNDEN (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].

]]>Great Munden Hertfordshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/hertfordshire/2009/5/1/great-munden-hertfordshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and.htmlSally2009-05-01T20:17:51ZGreat Munden Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870MUNDEN (Great), a parish in Ware district, Herts; 2 miles W by S of Braughing r. station, and 6 ½ N of Ware. It contains the hamlet of Munden-Furnival, and parts of the hamlets of Dane-End and Haultwick; and its post-town is Ware. Acres, 3,352. Real property, £5,124. Pop. in 1851, 554; in 1861, 457. Houses, 98. The property is divided among a few. Rownea nunnery was founded here, in the time of Henry II., by the Duke of Brittany; but went to extinction before the time of Henry VI. The. living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £705. Patron, King’s College, Cambridge. The church is partly Norman, but mainly decorated English, with some interpolated windows of later English; went into a ruinous condition; was restored, throughout the body, in 1866; and has a tower in still a dilapidated state. There is a parochial school.


Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Shenley Hertfordshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/hertfordshire/2009/3/30/shenley-hertfordshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wale.htmlSally2009-03-30T19:55:29ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 ShenleySHENLEY, a parish, with a village and three hamlets, in the district of Barnet and county of Hertford; 4 ¼ miles W of Potters-Bar r. station, and 5 NW of Barnet. It has a post-office under Barnet. Acres, 4,056. Real property, £9,367. Pop., 1,304. Houses, 281. The property is much subdivided. The manor, with Porters House, belongs to T. B. Myers, Esq. S. House, S. Lodge, Colney House, the Grange, High Cannons, Well-end Lodge, and Rowley-Green are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £1,100. Patrons, the Newcome family. The church is old but good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, three national schools, and charities £18. Falle, the historian of Jersey, was rector.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Shephall or Sheephall Hertfordshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/hertfordshire/2009/3/30/shephall-or-sheephall-hertfordshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-en.htmlSally2009-03-30T19:54:37ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 Sheephall ShephallSHEPHALL, or sheephall, a parish, with a village, in Hitchin district, Herts ; near the Great Northern railway, 2 ½ miles SSE of Stevenage. Post-town, Stevenage. Acres, 1,142. Real property, £1,671. Pop., 243. Houses, 47. S. Bury is the seat of U. Heathcote, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £306. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient. There are a national school, and charities £26.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Munden Furnival Hertfordshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/hertfordshire/2009/3/30/munden-furnival-hertfordshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england.htmlSally2009-03-30T19:53:31ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 Munden Furnival NastyMUNDEN-FURNIVAL, or Nasty, a hamlet in Great Munden parish, Herts; 3 ½ miles S by W of Buntingford. Pop., 137.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

]]>Muffets Hertfordshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/hertfordshire/2009/3/30/muffets-hertfordshire-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wale.htmlSally2009-03-30T19:52:42ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 MuffetsMUFFETS, a place in the S of Herts; 3 ¼ miles S of Hatfield.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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