A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
ALDENHAM, a parish in Watford district, Herts; near the Colne river and the St. Albans railway, 3 miles NE of Watford. Post Town, Watford. Acres, 5,840. Real property, £13,801. Pop., 1,769. Houses, 352. The hamlet of Theobald-Street is included. The property is divided. The chief residences are Aldenham Abbey and Aldenham Lodge. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £425.* Patrons, the Trustees of P. Thelluson, Esq. The church is early English, of cemented flint stones, in very good condition. Radlet chapelry, formed in 1865, is a separate vicarage. Platt's almshouses and free grammar school have an in come of £1,141, and were founded in 1599, and rebuilt in 1825. Other charities, £24.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Aldenham AP/CP Watford RegD/PLU Hertfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Aldenham |
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