A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
KIMPTON, a village and a parish in Hitchin district, Herts. The village stands 2¼ miles E of the boundary with Beds, 3 N of Wheathampstead r. station, and 7½ S by W of Hitchin. The parish contains also PetersGreen; and its post town is Welwyn. Acres, 3, 579. Real property, £6, 941. Pop. in 1851, 992; in 1861, 1, 014. Houses, 197. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £445.* Patron, Lord Dacre. The church is of varions dates; was much injured by the parliamentarians in the civil war; underwent extensive restoration and enlargement in 1857-62; and comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and embattled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, schools supported principally by Lord Dacre, and charities £6.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kimpton AP/CP Hitchin RegD/PLU Hertfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Kimpton |
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