Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PUTTENHAM

PUTTENHAM, a parish in Berkhampstead district, Herts; on the Aylesbury canal, adjacent to Bucks, near the Clinton hills, 1½ mile S S W of Marston-Gate r. station, and 3¾ N W of Tring. Post-town, Tring. Acres, 690. Real property, £1,093. Pop., 135. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £166.* Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is early English, with embattled tower: and the chancel was re-built in 1848.


(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: Puttenham CP/AP       Berkhampstead RegD/PLU       Hertfordshire AncC
Place: Puttenham

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