Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BERKHAMPSTEAD (Great), or Berkhampstead-St. Peter

BERKHAMPSTEAD (Great), or Berkhampstead-St. Peter, a parish, containing most of the Post Town of Berkhampstead, in the district of Berkhampstead, Herts. Acres, 4,250. Real property, with Friesden, £13,300. Rated property of B. alone, £12,538. Pop., 3,585. Houses, 738. The property is much divided. Berkhampstead Place is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £434.* Patron, Prince of Wales. Dr. Cowper, chaplain to George II., and father of Cowper the poet, was rector.


(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: Berkhampstead CP/AP       Berkhampstead Urban CP       Hertfordshire AncC
Place names: BERKHAMPSTEAD     |     BERKHAMPSTEAD GREAT     |     BERKHAMPSTEAD GREAT OR BERKHAMPSTEAD ST PETER     |     BERKHAMPSTEAD ST PETER     |     GREAT BERKHAMPSTEAD
Place: Berkhamsted

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