Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DATCHWORTH

DATCHWORTH, a parish in the district and county of Hertford; 3 miles NE of Welwyn r. station, and 6¼ NW of Hertford. Post town, Welwyn. Acres, 1, 921. Real property, £2, 756. Pop., 635. Houses, 122. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £382.* Patron, Clare Hall, Cambridge. The church is old but good.


(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: Datchworth AP/CP       Hertfordshire AncC
Place: Datchworth

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