Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HUNSDON

HUNSDON, a village and a parish in Ware district, Herts. The village stands near the river Stort and the boundary with Essex, 2¼ miles NE of Roydon r. station, and 5 ESE of Ware; and has a post office under Ware. The parish comprises 1, 928 acres. Real property, £3, 733. Pop., 516. Houses, 90. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Ferrers', the Engaines, the Goldingtons, the Oldhalls, and the mother of Henry VII.; had a castle of the Oldhalls; and was made an honour by Henry VIII. Hunsdon House, a moated mansion, was built on the site of the Oldhalls' castle, by Henry VIII.; was occupied or visited by Henry VIII.'s children; and was given by Queen Elizabeth to her cousin Cary, Lord Hunsdon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £263.* Patron, N. Calvert, Esq. The church is later English; consists of nave, transept, and chancel, with tower and spire; and contains a curious brass and several handsome monuments. There are a national school, and charities £33.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hunsdon AP/CP       Ware RegD/PLU       Hertfordshire AncC
Place: Hunsdon

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