In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Hyde like this:
HYDE (WEST), a chapelry in Rickmansworth parish, Herts; on the river Colne, at the boundary with Middlesex, 2½ miles SW of Rickmansworth r. station. It was constituted in 1846; and its post town is Rickmansworth, Herts. Pop., 466. Houses, 93. Chalk pits are here; and a copper mill was formerly on the Colne. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Rochester. Valne, £100. Patron, the Bishop of Rochester.
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West Hyde through time
West Hyde is now part of Three Rivers district. Click here for graphs and data of how Three Rivers has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Hyde itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Hyde, in Three Rivers and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23778
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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