Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Essendon

Essendon, par., vil., and seat, S. Herts, on river Lea, 3 miles NE. of Hatfield, 2331 ac., pop. 594; P.O., T.O.; gives the title of baron to the Marquis of Salisbury.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, village, and seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Essendon AP/CP       Hertfordshire AncC
Place: Essendon

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