Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GRAVELEY

GRAVELEY, a parish in Hitchin district, Herts; on the Roman road to Verulam, 2 miles N by E of Stevenage, and 3 ESE of Hitchin r. station. Post town, Stevenage. Acres, 1,817. Real property, £3, 057. Pop., 422. Houses, 87. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Chivesfield, in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £391. * Patron, the Rev. T. F. Green. The church is ancient but good, and has an embattled tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Graveley AP/CP       Hitchin RegD/PLU       Hertfordshire AncC
Place: Graveley

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.