A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
LEMSFORD, a hamlet and a chapelry in BishopsHatfield parish, Herts. The hamlet lies on the river Lea, near the Great Northern railway, 2½ miles N by W of Hatfield; and bears the name of Lemsford-Mills.—The chapelry was constituted in 1858; and its Post town is Welwyn. Pop, 490. Houses, 97. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £200.* Patron, Countess Cowper. The church stands opposite the entrance of Brocket Park, on land belonging to Earl Cowper; was erected in 1859, by Countess Cowper and her children, in memory of the late Earl; is mainly in the early English style, with chancel in a later style; and has a tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hertfordshire AncC |
| Place names: | LEMSFORD | LEMSFORD MILLS |
| Place: | Lemsford |
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