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.
SARRATT, a parish, with a village, in Watford district, Herts; on the river Chess, 3½ miles N N W of Rick-mansworth r. station. It has a postal pillar-box under Rickmansworth, Herts. Acres, 1, 550. Real property, £3,070. Pop. in 1851, 613; in 1861, 736. Houses, 142. The property is divided among a few. S. Hall, S. Villa, and Goldington House are chief residences. The making of fancy trimming is carried on; and there is a paper mill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £243.* Patrons, the Executors of the late J. A. Gordon, Esq. The church is ancient and cruciform; was restored in 1866; and was then found toinclude some Roman bricks. The churchyard also wasfound to contain Roman cinerary urns. There are a Baptist chapel, and alms-houses with £21 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Sarratt AP/CP Watford RegD/PLU Hertfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Sarratt |
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