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.
SACOMB, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Hertford; 4 miles N N W of Ware r. station. Post-town, Ware. Acres, 1, 510. Real property, £1, 990. Pop., 314. Houses, 67. The manor was known, at Domesday, as Sevechampe; belonged then to Peter de Valoignes; passed to the Fitzwalters, the Babthorpes, the Plumptons, the Rolts, the Caswells, and others; and belongs now to A. Smith, Esq. S. Hall is the residence of S. G. Smith, Esq.; and Rowney Abbey of Lieut. H. Sampson. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £335.* Patron, A. Smith, Esq. The church is decorated English, and was restored in 1856. Charities, £10.
(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: | Sacombe CP/AP Hertfordshire AncC |
| Place names: | SACOMB | SEVECHAMPE |
| Place: | Sacombe |
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