A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LANGLEY-BURY, a hamlet in Abbots-Langley parish, Herts; near the Grand Junction canal and the North-western railway, 3¼ miles NW by N of Watford. .A handsome church was erected here, in 1864, at the expense of Jones Lloyd, Esq.; is in the early decorated English style, of square flints and Bath stone; comprises nave, N aisle, chancel, vestry, and porch, with tower and shingle spire 130 feet high; and includes, on the S side of the chancel, a mortuary chapel of the Lloyd family. Langley-Bury House was built by Chief Justice Raymond; passed to the Whittingstalls; and is now the seat of J. Lloyd, Esq.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Abbots Langley CP/AP Hertfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Langley Bury |
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