In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Flaunden like this:
FLAUNDEN, a parish in Hemel-Hempstead district, Herts; on the river Chess, at the boundary with Bucks, 4 miles ENE of Amersham, and 5 NW of Rickmansworth r. station. It has a post office under Amersham. Acres, 899. Real property, 1, 225. Pop., 244. Houses, 49. The property is divided among a -few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £108. Patron, Lord Chesham. The church was, not long ago, rebuilt and enlarged; and is good. There is an Independent chapel.
Flaunden through time
Flaunden is now part of Dacorum district. Click here for graphs and data of how Dacorum has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Flaunden itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Flaunden, in Dacorum and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2449
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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