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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HADHAM (LITTLE), a village and a parish in BishopStortford district, Herts. The village stands on the river Ash, near the boundary with Essex, 3 miles WNW of Bishop Stortford town and r. station; and has a postoffice under Ware, and a fair on 15 July. The parish includes also the hamlets of Bury Green and Green Street. Acres, 3, 068. Real property, £4, 602. Pop., 864. Houses, 192. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the bishops of London; and passed to successively the Bands, the Darcys, and the Capels. Hadham Hall and Hadham Park are chief residences. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Great Hadham, in the diocese of Rochester. The church is early English, in good condition; and consists of nave, aisle, transept, and chancel, with porch, and square embattled tower. A national school was built in 1861; and there are charities nearly £30.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Little Hadham AP/CP Hertfordshire AncC |
| Place names: | HADHAM | HADHAM LITTLE | LITTLE HADHAM |
| Place: | Little Hadham |
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