In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described South Mimms like this:
MIMMS (SOUTH), a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Barnet district, Middlesex. The village stands near the boundary with Herts, 1¾ mile W of PottersBar r. station, and 3½ N by W of Barnet; was anciently called Mymes and Mymmys; and has a post office under Barnet, London N, a police station, a good inn, and a weekly Wednesday market, dating from the time of Henry II., long defunct, and revived in 1851. ...
The parish contains also the village of Potters-Bar, and part of the town of Barnet. Acres, 5,153. Real property, £17,096. Pop. in 1851,2,825; in 1861,3,238. Houses, 650. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Lenknors; passed to the Scropes and the Windsors; and belongs now to the Marquis of Salisbury. Wrotham Park is the seat of the Earl of Strafford; Dyrham Park, of Capt. J. Trotter; Bridgefoot, of S. O. Percival, Esq.; Norfolk Lodge, of B. F. Smith, Esq.; and Dancers House, of W. R. Price, Esq. The surface is diversified, and the scenery is beautiful. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of London. Value, £310. * Patron, W. P. Hammond, Esq. The church was built in 1130; has a W tower, overgrown with ivy; was recently in disrepair; and contains a piscina and two old brasses. The p. curacies of Potters-Bar and Barnet-Christchurch are separate benefices. There are a Roman Catholic cha pel, two national schools, a British school, an orphan home, a female mission training home, three suites of alms houses, and other charities £18.—The sub-district contains also three parishes electorally in Herts. Acres, 14,186. Pop., 5,381. Houses, 1,104.
South Mimms through time
South Mimms is now part of Hertsmere district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hertsmere has changed over two centuries. For statistics about South Mimms itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of South Mimms, in Hertsmere and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2742
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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